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Published on: August 23, 2012
Enhanced lateral photovoltaic effect observed in CdSe quantum dots embedded structure of Zn/CdSe/Si
Tian Lan1, Shuai Liu, Hui Wang
1Department of Physics, The State Key Laboratory on Fiber Optic Local Area Communication Networks and Advanced Optical Communication Systems, Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China.
Abstract:
The quantum dots (QDs) system has been intensively studied for decades owing to its huge potential for applications. In this Letter, we report a lateral photovoltaic effect (LPE) with a large sensitivity observed in CdSe QDs embedded structure of Zn/CdSe/Si. This result not only enriches applications of the QDs system but also opens a new window to study the carrier dynamics of the QDs system.

