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Plasmonic Near-Infrared Photoconductor Based on Hot Hole Collection in the Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Junction
Harvesting energetic carriers from plasmonic resonance has been a hot topic in the field of photodetection in the last decade. By interfacing a plasmonic metal with a semiconductor, the photoelectric conversion mechanism, based on hot carrier emission, is capable of overcoming the band gap limitatio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9610905/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36296518 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27206922 |
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author | Sun, Zhiwei Zhong, Yongsheng Dong, Yajin Zheng, Qilin Nan, Xianghong Liu, Zhong Wen, Long Chen, Qin |
author_facet | Sun, Zhiwei Zhong, Yongsheng Dong, Yajin Zheng, Qilin Nan, Xianghong Liu, Zhong Wen, Long Chen, Qin |
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description | Harvesting energetic carriers from plasmonic resonance has been a hot topic in the field of photodetection in the last decade. By interfacing a plasmonic metal with a semiconductor, the photoelectric conversion mechanism, based on hot carrier emission, is capable of overcoming the band gap limitation imposed by the band-to-band transition of the semiconductor. To date, most of the existing studies focus on plasmonic structural engineering in a single metal-semiconductor (MS) junction system and their responsivities are still quite low in comparison to conventional semiconductor, material-based photodetection platforms. Herein, we propose a new architecture of metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) junctions on a silicon platform to achieve efficient hot hole collection at infrared wavelengths with a photoconductance gain mechanism. The coplanar interdigitated MSM electrode’s configuration forms a back-to-back Schottky diode and acts simultaneously as the plasmonic absorber/emitter, relying on the hot-spots enriched on the random Au/Si nanoholes structure. The hot hole-mediated photoelectric response was extended far beyond the cut-off wavelength of the silicon. The proposed MSM device with an interdigitated electrode design yields a very high photoconductive gain, leading to a photocurrent responsivity up to several A/W, which is found to be at least 1000 times higher than that of the existing hot carrier based photodetection strategies. |
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spelling | pubmed-96109052022-10-28 Plasmonic Near-Infrared Photoconductor Based on Hot Hole Collection in the Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Junction Sun, Zhiwei Zhong, Yongsheng Dong, Yajin Zheng, Qilin Nan, Xianghong Liu, Zhong Wen, Long Chen, Qin Molecules Article Harvesting energetic carriers from plasmonic resonance has been a hot topic in the field of photodetection in the last decade. By interfacing a plasmonic metal with a semiconductor, the photoelectric conversion mechanism, based on hot carrier emission, is capable of overcoming the band gap limitation imposed by the band-to-band transition of the semiconductor. To date, most of the existing studies focus on plasmonic structural engineering in a single metal-semiconductor (MS) junction system and their responsivities are still quite low in comparison to conventional semiconductor, material-based photodetection platforms. Herein, we propose a new architecture of metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) junctions on a silicon platform to achieve efficient hot hole collection at infrared wavelengths with a photoconductance gain mechanism. The coplanar interdigitated MSM electrode’s configuration forms a back-to-back Schottky diode and acts simultaneously as the plasmonic absorber/emitter, relying on the hot-spots enriched on the random Au/Si nanoholes structure. The hot hole-mediated photoelectric response was extended far beyond the cut-off wavelength of the silicon. The proposed MSM device with an interdigitated electrode design yields a very high photoconductive gain, leading to a photocurrent responsivity up to several A/W, which is found to be at least 1000 times higher than that of the existing hot carrier based photodetection strategies. MDPI 2022-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9610905/ /pubmed/36296518 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27206922 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Sun, Zhiwei Zhong, Yongsheng Dong, Yajin Zheng, Qilin Nan, Xianghong Liu, Zhong Wen, Long Chen, Qin Plasmonic Near-Infrared Photoconductor Based on Hot Hole Collection in the Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Junction |
title | Plasmonic Near-Infrared Photoconductor Based on Hot Hole Collection in the Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Junction |
title_full | Plasmonic Near-Infrared Photoconductor Based on Hot Hole Collection in the Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Junction |
title_fullStr | Plasmonic Near-Infrared Photoconductor Based on Hot Hole Collection in the Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Junction |
title_full_unstemmed | Plasmonic Near-Infrared Photoconductor Based on Hot Hole Collection in the Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Junction |
title_short | Plasmonic Near-Infrared Photoconductor Based on Hot Hole Collection in the Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Junction |
title_sort | plasmonic near-infrared photoconductor based on hot hole collection in the metal-semiconductor-metal junction |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9610905/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36296518 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27206922 |
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