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Plasmon-Enhanced Photoresponse of Self-Powered Si Nanoholes Photodetector by Metal Nanowires

Journal

NANOMATERIALS
Volume 11, Issue 9, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano11092460

Keywords

metal nanowires; nanostructured silicon; silicon nanoholes; plasmonic photodetector

Funding

  1. Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization, CNCS/CCCDI-UEFISCDI [PN-III-P1-1.1-PD-2019-1081]

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The study focuses on developing self-powered photodetectors with silicon nanoholes (SiNHs) and four different metal nanowires (AgNWs, AuNWs, NiNWs, PtNWs), showing the AgNWs/SiNHs device performs the best in the blue light region and the AuNWs/SiNHs device has significantly enhanced sensitivity in the red and near-infrared spectral region.
In this work, we report the development of self-powered photodetectors that integrate silicon nanoholes (SiNHs) and four different types of metal nanowires (AgNWs, AuNWs, NiNWs, PtNWs) applied on the SiNHs' surface using the solution processing method. The effectiveness of the proposed architectures is evidenced through extensive experimental and simulation analysis. The AgNWs/SiNHs device showed the highest photo-to-dark current ratio of 2.1 x 10(-4), responsivity of 30 mA/W and detectivity of 2 x 10(11) Jones along with the lowest noise equivalent power (NEP) parameter of 2.4 x 10(-12) WHz(-1/2) in the blue light region. Compared to the bare SiNHs device, the AuNWs/SiNHs device had significantly enhanced responsivity up to 15 mA/W, especially in the red and near-infrared spectral region. Intensity-modulated photovoltage spectroscopy (IMVS) measurements revealed that the AgNWs/SiNHs device generated the longest charge carrier lifetime at 470 nm, whereas the AuNWs/SiNHs showed the slowest recombination rate at 627 nm. Furthermore, numerical simulation confirmed the local field enhancement effects at the MeNWs and SiNHs interface. The study demonstrates a cost-efficient and scalable strategy to combine the superior light harvesting properties of SiNHs with the plasmonic absorption of metallic nanowires (MeNWs) towards enhanced sensitivity and spectral-selective photodetection induced by the local surface plasmon resonance effects.

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