Photovoltaic Effect and Evidence of Carrier Multiplication in Graphene Vertical Homojunctions with Asymmetrical Metal Contacts

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 8851-8858

  Chen, Jing Jing ^a   Wang, Qinsheng ^a   Meng, Jie ^a   Ke, Xiaoxing ^b   Tendeloo, Gustaaf Van ^b   Bie, Ya Qing ^a   Liu, Junku ^a,c   Liu, Kaihui ^a,d   Liao, Zhi Min ^a,d   Sun, Dong ^a,d   Yu, Dapeng ^a,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c CHINA ACADEMY OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Qian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Technology China Academy of Space Technology ^*  (China)

Author keywords

carrier multiplication; graphene; photodetector; photovoltaics; vertical homojunction

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CARRIER MULTIPLICATION; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HOMOJUNCTION; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTRIC RESPONSE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84942310755     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02356     Document Type: Article

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