Article Title

Novel photodetectors based on double-walled carbon nanotube film/TiO₂ nanotube array heterodimensional contacts

Authors

Mingjie Yang, Department of Physics and State Key Lab of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Material Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Jia-Lin Zhu, Department of Physics and State Key Lab of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Wei Liu, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Material Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Jia-Lin Sun, Department of Physics and State Key Lab of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Keywords

Photodetectors, double-walled carbon nanotube (DWCNT) films, TiO2 nanotube arrays, heterodimensional contacts

Abstract

A new kind of photodetector based on a double-walled carbon nanotube (DWCNT) film and a TiO2 nanotube array with hetrodimensional non-ohmic contacts has been fabricated. Due to the dimensionality difference effect, the DWCNT film/TiO2 nanotube array photodetector exhibits a much higher photocurrent-to-dark current ratio and photoresponse relative to an Au film/TiO2 nanotube array device, even at small bias voltage. The photocurrent-to-dark current ratio reached four orders of magnitude and a high photoresponse of 2467 A/W was found upon irradiation at 340 nm. Furthermore, the photosensitive regions could be extended into the visible range. The photocurrent-to-dark current ratio reached approximately three orders of magnitude upon irradiation at 532 nm, where the photon energy is much lower than the band gap of TiO2.

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-011-0146-5

Publisher

Tsinghua University Press

Recommended Citation

Mingjie Yang,Jia-Lin Zhu,Wei Liu,Jia-Lin Sun, Novel photodetectors based on double-walled carbon nanotube film/TiO2 nanotube array heterodimensional contacts. NanoRes.2011, 4(9): 901–907