We demonstrate the controlled growth of coaxial nanocables composed of GaP/ZnS core-shell structures by a facile chemical vapor deposition method. Structural analysis confirms that the cubic GaP (111) plane and wurtzite ZnS (0001) plane present close similarities in terms of hexagonal-arranged atomic configuration with small in-plane lattice mismatch, and the ZnS shell is epitaxially grown on t...

The authors report a direct measurement of the optical phonon intersubband hole relaxation time in a SiGe heterostructure and a quantitative determination of hole relaxation under electrically active conditions. The results were obtained by femtosecond resolved pump-pump photocurrent experiments using a free electron laser wavelength 7.9 m . Additionally, the intensity dependence of the nonline...

We measure transverse magnetically focused photocurrent signals in an InSb/InAlSb quantum well device. Using optical spin orientation by modulated circularly polarized light an electron spin dependent signal is observed due to the spin-orbit interaction. Simulations of the focusing signal are performed using a classical billiard ball model which includes both spin precession and a spin dependen...

We investigate the optoelectronic properties of single indium arsenide nanowires, which are grown vertically on p-doped silicon substrates. We apply a scanning photocurrent microscopy to study the optoelectronic properties of the single heterojunctions. The measured photocurrent characteristics are consistent with an excess charge carrier transport through midgap trap states, which form at the ...

A hybrid molecular photovoltaic system, based on fullerene C(60) and lutein (a natural photosynthetic carotenoid pigment) that are assembled in a phospholipid/alkanethiol bilayer matrix, is described here. The assembly and photoconversion behaviors of such a system were studied by UV-vis spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, impedance spectroscopy, photoelectrochemical action spectroscopy, and phot...

We observed highly efficient generation of electron-hole pairs due to impact excitation in single-walled carbon nanotube p-n junction photodiodes. Optical excitation into the second electronic subband E22 leads to striking photocurrent steps in the device I-V(SD) characteristics that occur at voltage intervals of the band-gap energy E(GAP)/e. Spatially and spectrally resolved photocurrent combi...

This work presents a method for synthesis of high-yield, uniform and band gap tunable Zn2SnO4 nanocubes. These nanocubes can be further self-assembled into a series of novel nanofilms with tunable optical band gaps from 3.54 to 3.18 eV by simply increasing the heat treatment temperature. The Zn2SnO4 nanocube-nanofilm based device has been successfully fabricated and presents obviously higher ph...

The temperature and photoexcitation density dependences of the electron transport dynamics in electrolytefilled mesoporous TiO2 nanoparticle films were investigated by transient photocurrent measurements. The thermal activation energy of the diffusion coefficient of photogenerated electrons ranged from 0.19–0.27 eV, depending on the specific sample studied. The diffusion coefficient also depend...

Flow of photocurrent through the metal-oxide-semiconductor structure induced by pulsed infrared CO2 laser is investigated experimentally. In case a perfect insulator, has photocapacitive character. Its rise based on hot carrier phenomenon; no generation present, only redistribution laser-heated carriers takes place at semiconductor surface. The magnitude this displacement current related to cap...