Horizontal transfer of aligned Si nanowire arrays and their photoconductive performance

Dalin Zhang, Gong Cheng, Jianquan Wang, Chunqian Zhang, Zhi Liu, Yuhua Zuo, Jun Zheng, Chunlai Xue, Chuanbo Li*, Buwen Cheng, Qiming Wang

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Abstract

An easy and low-cost method to transfer large-scale horizontally aligned Si nanowires onto a substrate is reported. Si nanowires prepared by metal-assisted chemical etching were assembled and anchored to fabricate multiwire photoconductive devices with standard Si technology. Scanning electron microscopy images showed highly aligned and successfully anchored Si nanowires. Current-voltage tests showed an approximately twofold change in conductivity between the devices in dark and under laser irradiation. Fully reversible light switching ON/OFF response was also achieved with an ION/IOFF ratio of 230. Dynamic response measurement showed a fast switching feature with response and recovery times of 10.96 and 19.26 ms, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Article number661
JournalNanoscale Research Letters
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Keywords

  • Horizontal transfer
  • Photoconductive performance
  • Si nanowires

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