125 research outputs found
Engineering semiconductor nanowires for photodetection: From visible to terahertz
III-V semiconductor nanowires combine the properties of III-V materials with the unique advantages of the nanowire geometry, allowing efficient room temperature photodetection across a wide range of photon energies, from a few eV down to meV. For example, due to their nanoscale size, these show great promise as sub-wavelength terahertz (THz) detectors for near-field imaging or detecting elements within a highly integrated on-chip THz spectrometer. We discuss recent advances in engineering a number of sensitive photonic devices based on III-V nanowires, including InAs nanowires with tunable photoresponse, THz polarisers and THz detectors.The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant
ACrossWire), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK), the Australian Research Council, and the
Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF). J. A. Alexander-Webber and H. J. Joyce especially thank the Royal
Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 for their research fellowships
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Dirac-Point Shift by Carrier Injection Barrier in Graphene Field-Effect Transistor Operation at Room Temperature.
A positive shift in the Dirac point in graphene field-effect transistors was observed with Hall-effect measurements coupled with Kelvin-probe measurements at room temperature. This shift can be explained by the asymmetrical behavior of the contact resistance by virtue of the electron injection barrier at the source contact. As an outcome, an intrinsic resistance is given to allow a retrieval of an intrinsic carrier mobility found to be decreased with increasing gate bias, suggesting the dominance of short-range scattering in a single-layer graphene field-effect transistor. These results analytically correlate the field-effect parameters with intrinsic graphene properties
Parameter Space of Atomic Layer Deposition of Ultrathin Oxides on Graphene.
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) of ultrathin aluminum oxide (AlO) films was systematically studied on supported chemical vapor deposition (CVD) graphene. We show that by extending the precursor residence time, using either a multiple-pulse sequence or a soaking period, ultrathin continuous AlO films can be achieved directly on graphene using standard HO and trimethylaluminum (TMA) precursors even at a high deposition temperature of 200 °C, without the use of surfactants or other additional graphene surface modifications. To obtain conformal nucleation, a precursor residence time of >2s is needed, which is not prohibitively long but sufficient to account for the slow adsorption kinetics of the graphene surface. In contrast, a shorter residence time results in heterogeneous nucleation that is preferential to defect/selective sites on the graphene. These findings demonstrate that careful control of the ALD parameter space is imperative in governing the nucleation behavior of AlO on CVD graphene. We consider our results to have model system character for rational two-dimensional (2D)/non-2D material process integration, relevant also to the interfacing and device integration of the many other emerging 2D materials.We acknowledge funding from the EPSRC (Grant EP/ K016636/1, GRAPHTED) and ERC (Grant 279342, InsituNANO). J.A.A.-W. acknowledges a Research Fellowship from Churchill College, Cambridge, U.K
Engineering high charge transfer n-doping of graphene electrodes and its application to organic electronics.
Using thermally evaporated cesium carbonate (Cs2CO3) in an organic matrix, we present a novel strategy for efficient n-doping of monolayer graphene and a âź90% reduction in its sheet resistance to âź250 Ohm sq(-1). Photoemission spectroscopy confirms the presence of a large interface dipole of âź0.9 eV between graphene and the Cs2CO3/organic matrix. This leads to a strong charge transfer based doping of graphene with a Fermi level shift of âź1.0 eV. Using this approach we demonstrate efficient, standard industrial manufacturing process compatible graphene-based inverted organic light emitting diodes on glass and flexible substrates with efficiencies comparable to those of state-of-the-art ITO based devices.Funding via EU FP7 programme Grafol (Grant No. 285275) and EPSRC programme GRAPHTED (Grant No. EP/K016636/1) is acknowledged. P.R.K. acknowledges the Lindemann Trust Fellowship. J.A.A.-W. acknowledges a Research Fellowship from Churchill College, Cambridge. A.C.V. acknowledges the Conacyt Cambridge Scholarship and Roberto Rocca Fellowship.This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the Royal Society of Chemistry via http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5NR03246
Parameter Space of Atomic Layer Deposition of Ultrathin Oxides on Graphene.
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) of ultrathin aluminum oxide (AlOx) films was systematically studied on supported chemical vapor deposition (CVD) graphene. We show that by extending the precursor residence time, using either a multiple-pulse sequence or a soaking period, ultrathin continuous AlOx films can be achieved directly on graphene using standard H2O and trimethylaluminum (TMA) precursors even at a high deposition temperature of 200 °C, without the use of surfactants or other additional graphene surface modifications. To obtain conformal nucleation, a precursor residence time of >2s is needed, which is not prohibitively long but sufficient to account for the slow adsorption kinetics of the graphene surface. In contrast, a shorter residence time results in heterogeneous nucleation that is preferential to defect/selective sites on the graphene. These findings demonstrate that careful control of the ALD parameter space is imperative in governing the nucleation behavior of AlOx on CVD graphene. We consider our results to have model system character for rational two-dimensional (2D)/non-2D material process integration, relevant also to the interfacing and device integration of the many other emerging 2D materials.We acknowledge funding from the EPSRC (Grant EP/ K016636/1, GRAPHTED) and ERC (Grant 279342, InsituNANO). J.A.A.-W. acknowledges a Research Fellowship from Churchill College, Cambridge, U.K
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Enhancing Photoluminescence and Mobilities in WS2 Monolayers with Oleic Acid Ligands.
Many potential applications of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) require both high photoluminescence (PL) yield and high electrical mobilities. However, the PL yield of as prepared TMD monolayers is low and believed to be limited by defect sites and uncontrolled doping. This has led to a large effort to develop chemical passivation methods to improve PL and mobilities. The most successful of these treatments is based on the nonoxidizing organic "superacid" bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide (TFSI) which has been shown to yield bright monolayers of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and tungsten disulfide (WS2) but with trap-limited PL dynamics and no significant improvements in field effect mobilities. Here, using steady-state and time-resolved PL microscopy we demonstrate that treatment of WS2 monolayers with oleic acid (OA) can greatly enhance the PL yield, resulting in bright neutral exciton emission comparable to TFSI treated monolayers. At high excitation densities, the OA treatment allows for bright trion emission, which has not been demonstrated with previous chemical treatments. We show that unlike the TFSI treatment, the OA yields PL dynamics that are largely trap free. In addition, field effect transistors show an increase in mobilities with the OA treatment. These results suggest that OA serves to passivate defect sites in the WS2 monolayers in a manner akin to the passivation of colloidal quantum dots with OA ligands. Our results open up a new pathway to passivate and tune defects in monolayer TMDs using simple "wet" chemistry techniques, allowing for trap-free electronic properties and bright neutral exciton and trion emission
Catalyst Interface Engineering for Improved 2D Film Lift-Off and Transfer
The mechanisms by which chemical vapor deposited (CVD) graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) films can be released from a growth catalyst, such as widely used copper (Cu) foil, are systematically explored as a basis for an improved lift-off transfer. We show how intercalation processes allow the local Cu oxidation at the interface followed by selective oxide dissolution, which gently releases the 2D material (2DM) film. Interfacial composition change and selective dissolution can thereby be achieved in a single step or split into two individual process steps. We demonstrate that this method is not only highly versatile but also yields graphene and h-BN films of high quality regarding surface contamination, layer coherence, defects, and electronic properties, without requiring additional post-transfer annealing. We highlight how such transfers rely on targeted corrosion at the catalyst interface and discuss this in context of the wider CVD growth and 2DM transfer literature, thereby fostering an improved general understanding of widely used transfer processes, which is essential to numerous other applications.We acknowledge funding from the ERC (InsituNANO, grant 279342). R.W. acknowledges an EPSRC Doctoral Training Award (EP/M506485/1). During this work, S.T. was supported in parts by a DFG research fellowship under grant TA 1122/1-1:1. J.A.A.-W. acknowledges a Research Fellowship from Churchill College, Cambridge. Z.A.V.V. acknowledges funding from ESPRC grant EP/L016087/1. P.B. and B.S.J. thank the Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Nanostructured graphene, DNRF103, and EU Horizon 2020 âGraphene Flagshipâ 696656. T.J.B. and P.R.W. acknowledge financial support from EU FP7-6040007 âGLADIATORâ and Innovation Fund Denmark Da-Gate 0603-005668B. P.R.K. acknowledges a Lindemann Trust Fellowship
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