Well-aligned ZnO/ZnSe core/shell nanowire arrays with type-II energy alignment are synthesized via a two-step chemical vapor deposition method. Morphology and structure studies reveal a transition layer of wurtzite ZnSe between the wurtzite ZnO core and the cubic ZnSe shell. Type-II interfacial transitions are observed in the spectral region from visible to near infrared in transmission and photoluminescence. More significantly, for the first time, the interfacial transition is shown to extend the photoresponse of the prototype photovoltaic device based on the coaxial nanowire array to a threshold much below the bandgap of either component (3.3 and 2.7 eV, respectively) at 1.6 eV, with an external quantum efficiency of $4% at 1.9 eV and 9.5% at 3 eV. These results represent a major advance towards the realization of all-inorganic type-II heterojunction photovoltaic devices in an optimal device architecture.
Square ZnO nano-columns have been manufactured by molecular beam epitaxy on p-type Si (100) substrate. The morphology and the evolution sequences after thermal annealing were investigated by in-situ scanning tunneling microscopy. We associated the morphology and microstructure evolution with the cubic Si (100) substrate, large lattice mismatching, the coexistence of wurtzite and zincblende phases of ZnO, and the thermal effect.ZnO, square nano-column, anneal, wurtzite phase, zincblende phase, Si (100)
Citation:Huang B W, Zhan H H, Wu Y P, et al. Square ZnO nano-column and its thermal evolution.
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