We investigate the photocurrent generation mechanisms at a vertical p-n heterojunction between black phosphorus (BP) and molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) flakes through polarization-, wavelength-, and gate-dependent scanning photocurrent measurements. When incident photon energy is above the direct band gap of MoS2, the photocurrent response demonstrates a competitive effect between MoS2 and BP in t...

We report the observation of a new type of helicity-dependent photocurrent induced by an in-plane transverse direct electric current in an InAs quantum well. The amplitude of the photocurrent depends linearly on the transverse current. Moreover, the observed incident azimuth-angle dependence of this photocurrent is different from that induced by the circular photogalvanic effect. This new photo...

2014 Present communication reports on photoconductivity measurements in thin films of Ga40SexTe60-x glasses (x = 20, 30, 40). Temperature dependence of steady state photocurrent and dark current show that dark and steady state photoconductivity are activated processes. Intensity dependence of photocurrent reveals about power law dependence of photocurrent on incident radiation. Also incorporate...

Frequency dependent response characteristics of photocurrent meters using large area, radiometric quality Si photodiodes have been analyzed. The current responsivity, the voltage noise and drift amplification, and the gain and bandwidth of the photocurrent-measuring analog control loop were calculated. The photodiodes were selected for high shunt resistance. The effect of the photodiode junctio...

The photocurrent at the polarized water/1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) interface was successfully observed in the presence of a lipophilic sensitizer, 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrinato zinc (ZnTPP), in the organic phase. The photocurrent transient responses were apparently affected by the employed organic supporting electrolyte: tetrapenthylammonium tetraphenylborate (TPnATPB) or tris(tetraoctylammo...

InGaN nanowires are suitable building blocks for many future optoelectronic devices. We show that a linear grading of the indium content along the nanowire axis from GaN to InN introduces an internal electric field evoking a photocurrent. Consistent with quantitative band structure simulations we observe a sign change in the measured photocurrent as a function of photon flux. This negative diff...

Many narrow band-gap semiconductors cannot fulfil the energetic requirements for water splitting, thus the assistance of large external voltages to complete the water decomposition reaction is required. Through thermal decomposition of Fe(NO3)3 on n-Si nanowires prepared by the chemical etching method, we fabricated a high-performance n-Si/α-Fe2O3 core/shell nanowire array photoanode that exhib...

Unlike in linear nanostructures, photocurrent generated in single-layer graphene (SLG) is expected to display two-dimensional characteristics. This allows the investigation of carrier dynamics, in relation to several spatially varying factors (such as the location of photocurrent generation and collection) and the overall electron band configuration of the SLG. In this letter, we use scanning p...

We fabricated plasmonic gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-TiO2 nanocomposite films and measured the photocurrent that originates from the water-splitting reaction catalyzed by the AuNP-TiO2 nanocomposite photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) electrode. The localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of the gold nanoparticles affected the generation of photocurrent by TiO2 upon illumination with visible light. Elec...