Correlated optical and structural analyses of individual GaAsP/GaP core-shell nanowires

被引:7
作者
Himwas, C. [1 ,2 ]
Collin, S. [1 ]
Chen, H-L [1 ]
Patriarche, G. [1 ]
Oehler, F. [1 ]
Travers, L. [1 ]
Saket, O. [1 ]
Julien, F. H. [1 ]
Harmand, J-C [1 ]
Tchernycheva, M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Paris Saclay, Ctr Nanosci & Nanotechnol, UMR CNRS 9001, Univ Paris Sud, 10 Blvd Thomas Gobert, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
[2] Chulalongkorn Univ, Fac Engn, Dept Elect Engn, Semicond Device Res Lab, 254 Phayathai Rd, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
基金
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
nanowire; GaAsP/GaP core-shell; molecular beam epitaxy; cathodoluminescence; SOLAR-CELLS; SURFACE PASSIVATION; EFFICIENCY; ABSORPTION; IMPACT; GROWTH; GA;
D O I
10.1088/1361-6528/ab1760
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
We report on the structural and optical properties of GaAs0.7P0.3/GaP core-shell nanowires (NWs) for future photovoltaic applications. The NWs are grown by self-catalyzed molecular beam epitaxy. Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) analyses demonstrate that the GaAsP NW core develops an inverse-tapered shape with a formation of an unintentional GaAsP shell having a lower P content. Without surface passivation, this unintentional shell produces no luminescence because of strong surface recombination. However, passivation of the surface with a GaP shell leads to the appearance of a secondary peak in the luminescence spectrum arising from this unintentional shell. The attribution of the luminescence peaks is confirmed by correlated cathodoluminescence and STEM analyses of the same NW.
引用
收藏
页数:10
相关论文
共 46 条
[11]   In situ passivation of GaAsP nanowires [J].
Himwas, C. ;
Collin, S. ;
Rale, P. ;
Chauvin, N. ;
Patriarche, G. ;
Oehler, F. ;
Julien, F. H. ;
Travers, L. ;
Harmand, J-C ;
Tchernycheva, M. .
NANOTECHNOLOGY, 2017, 28 (49)
[12]   Observation of free exciton photoluminescence emission from single wurtzite GaAs nanowires [J].
Hoang, Thang B. ;
Moses, A. F. ;
Zhou, H. L. ;
Dheeraj, D. L. ;
Fimland, B. O. ;
Weman, H. .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2009, 94 (13)
[13]   Surface-passivated GaAsP single-nanowire solar cells exceeding 10% efficiency grown on silicon [J].
Holm, Jeppe V. ;
Jorgensen, Henrik I. ;
Krogstrup, Peter ;
Nygard, Jesper ;
Liu, Huiyun ;
Aagesen, Martin .
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2013, 4
[14]   Optical characteristics of GaAs nanowire solar cells [J].
Hu, Y. ;
LaPierre, R. R. ;
Li, M. ;
Chen, K. ;
He, J. -J. .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 2012, 112 (10)
[15]   Electronic properties of GaAs, InAs and InP nanowires studied by terahertz spectroscopy [J].
Joyce, Hannah J. ;
Docherty, Callum J. ;
Gao, Qiang ;
Tan, H. Hoe ;
Jagadish, Chennupati ;
Lloyd-Hughes, James ;
Herz, Laura M. ;
Johnston, Michael B. .
NANOTECHNOLOGY, 2013, 24 (21)
[16]   Diameter evolution of selective area grown Ga-assisted GaAs nanowires [J].
Kuepers, Hanno ;
Lewis, Ryan B. ;
Tahraoui, Abbes ;
Matalla, Mathias ;
Krueger, Olaf ;
Bastiman, Faebian ;
Riechert, Henning ;
Geelhaar, Lutz .
NANO RESEARCH, 2018, 11 (05) :2885-2893
[17]   GaAs quantum dots in a GaP nanowire photodetector [J].
Kuyanov, P. ;
McNamee, S. A. ;
LaPierre, R. R. .
NANOTECHNOLOGY, 2018, 29 (12)
[18]   A review of III-V nanowire infrared photodetectors and sensors [J].
LaPierre, R. R. ;
Robson, M. ;
Azizur-Rahman, K. M. ;
Kuyanov, P. .
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 2017, 50 (12)
[19]   Theoretical conversion efficiency of a two-junction III-V nanowire on Si solar cell [J].
LaPierre, R. R. .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 2011, 110 (01)
[20]   MASS-SPECTROMETRIC STUDIES OF PHOSPHINE PYROLYSIS AND OMVPE GROWTH OF INP [J].
LARSEN, CA ;
BUCHAN, NI ;
STRINGFELLOW, GB .
JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH, 1987, 85 (1-2) :148-153