Excitonic and free-carrier transitions in single-wall carbon nanotubes are distinguished using field-enhanced photocurrent spectroscopy. Electric field dissociation allows for the detection of bound-exciton states that otherwise would not contribute to the photocurrent. Excitonic states associated with both the ground-state semiconductor and the ground-state metallic nanotube transitions are re...

Photogalvanic effect was studied in photogalvanic cells containing Rose Bengal as dyes and Mannitol as reductants. The photogalvanic cells were determined by the photo potential, photocurrent, conversion efficiency, power of cell and performance of cell. The effects of various parameters like pH, light intensity, diffusion length, reductant concentration and dye concentration on the electrical ...

Schottky barrier structures based on nanoporous InP with inclusion of Au nanoparticles and evaporated semitransparent Au film have been made. The spectra of short-circuit photocurrent in the visible range and current-voltage characteristics have been measured. Prepared structures are characterized by increased photocurrent due to the microrelief interface and surface plasmon excitation in gold ...

Two methods of investigating the statistical properties of radiation fields in single beams have been found useful, particularly to obtain information about laser sources. One is the measurement of photocounting statistics 1 ; the other is the analysis of the more easily obtained photocurrent spectrum.' The information most readily extracted from these measurements, such as moments of the count...

Spontaneous polarization and inversion symmetry breaking in ferroelectric materials lead to their use as photovoltaic devices. However, further advancement of their applications are hindered by the paucity of ways of reducing bandgaps and enhancing photocurrent. By unravelling the correlation between ferroelectric materials' responses to solar irradiation and their local structure and electric ...

The photoelectrochemical properties of (Ag,Cu)GaSe2 (ACGSe) modified by deposition of CdS and CuGa3Se5 layers were investigated. The CdS and CuGa3Se5 layers formed p–n junctions with an appropriate band diagram on the surface of the electrode and they clearly increased the cathodic photocurrent and onset potential. The Pt, CdS, and CuGa3Se5 modified ACGSe (Pt/CdS/CuGa3Se5/ ACGSe) with an approp...

An np-Si microwire array coupled with a two-layer catalyst film consisting of Ni–Mo nanopowder and TiO2 light-scattering nanoparticles has been used to simultaneously achieve high fill factors and lightlimited photocurrent densities from photocathodes that produce H2(g) directly from sunlight and water. The TiO2 layer scattered light back into the Si microwire array, while optically obscuring t...

In this work, we report lateral heterojunction formation in as-exfoliated MoS2 flakes by thickness modulation. Kelvin probe force microscopy is used to map the surface potential at the monolayer-multilayer heterojunction, and consequently the conduction band offset is extracted. Scanning photocurrent microscopy is performed to investigate the spatial photocurrent response along the length of th...

Metal-semiconductor hybrid nanostructures promise improved photoconductive performance due to plasmonic properties of the metal portions and intrinsic electric fields at the metal-semiconductor interface that possibly enhance charge separation. Here we report gold decorated CdSe nanowires as a novel functional material and investigate the influence of gold decoration on the lateral facets on th...