在化学蒸汽沉积的石墨烯p-n连接处中,用等离子增强的光热电转换
1Center for Nanochemistry, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|July 16, 2013
概括
增强等离子体显著增加了石墨烯p-n连接处的光电流,克服了低光吸收. 这一突破通过改进的光热电转换来推进石墨烯光探测器和太阳能电池.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 纳米技术 纳米技术
- 光电学是指光电子产品.
背景情况:
- 石墨烯p-n连接对高速光探测器和能量转换具有前景.
- 目前的局限性包括低光吸收,阻碍了整体量子效率.
- 热载体辅助光热电效应 (PTE) 和热载体乘积是关键机制.
研究的目的:
- 为了证明等离子体增强的光热电 (PTE) 转换在石墨烯p-n连接处.
- 为了克服单层石墨烯的低光吸收.
- 为了提高基于石墨烯的光探测器和太阳能电池的效率.
主要方法:
- 石墨烯p-n连接点是使用化学蒸汽沉积来生长的.
- 将金属纳米结构放置在石墨烯p-n连接处附近,以诱导表面等离子体.
- 在全球照明下进行光电测量.
主要成果:
- 表面等离子体显著增强了石墨烯活性层内的光学场.
- 由于等离子体增强,观察到光电流的4倍增加.
- 在石墨烯p-n连接装置中实现了高效的PTE转换.
结论:
- 血增强是一种可行的策略,可以提高石墨烯光探测器的性能.
- 局部化等离子体增强使得在全球照明下有效的PTE转化.
- 这项工作为石墨烯在光探测器和太阳能电池中的实际应用铺平了道路.
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