Enhanced lateral photovoltaic effect observed in CdSe quantum dots embedded structure of Zn/CdSe/Si
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Published on: August 23, 2012
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.

