Photocurrent enhancement of HgTe quantum dot photodiodes by plasmonic gold nanorod structures

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 8208-8216

  Chen, Mengyu ^a   Shao, Lei ^a,c   Kershaw, Stephen V ^b   Yu, Hui ^a   Wang, Jianfang ^a   Rogach, Andrey L ^b   Zhao, Ni ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

exciton; heterojunction; quantum dot; surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; EXCITONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GOLD; GOLD NANORODS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE PLASMONS; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTROSTATIC IMMOBILIZATION; ENHANCED LIGHT ABSORPTIONS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION STRATEGIES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; HETEROJUNCTION PHOTODIODES; ORGANIC/INORGANIC HYBRIDS; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84906673125     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn502510u     Document Type: Article

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