Photothermoelectric effect in suspended semiconducting carbon nanotubes.

Autor: Deborde T; Department of Physics, Oregon State University , Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States., Aspitarte L, Sharf T, Kevek JW, Minot ED
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: ACS nano [ACS Nano] 2014 Jan 28; Vol. 8 (1), pp. 216-21. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Dec 23.
DOI: 10.1021/nn403137a
Abstrakt: We have performed scanning photocurrent microscopy measurements of field-effect transistors (FETs) made from individual ultraclean suspended carbon nanotubes (CNTs). We investigate the spatial-dependence, polarization-dependence, and gate-dependence of photocurrent and photovoltage in this system. While previous studies of surface-bound CNT FET devices have identified the photovoltaic effect as the primary mechanism of photocurrent generation, our measurements show that photothermoelectric phenomena play a critical role in the optoelectronic properties of suspended CNT FETs. We have quantified the photothermoelectric mechanisms and identified regimes where they overwhelm the photovoltaic mechanism.
Databáze: MEDLINE