• 文献标题:   Large photocurrents in single layer graphene thin films: effects of diffusion and drift
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LOOMIS J, PANCHAPAKESAN B
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0957-4484
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Louisville
  • 被引频次:   17
  • DOI:   10.1088/0957-4484/23/26/265203
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

This paper reports large photocurrents in air-assisted depositions of single layer graphene (derived from reduced single layer graphene oxide) upon illumination with near-infrared (NIR) light. NIR-induced charge carrier generation and subsequent separation at the metal-graphene interface resulted in photocurrent generation. Varying bias voltages were applied to test samples and allowed for evaluating photoresponses in either diffusion-or drift-dominated regions. In the diffusion-dominated region, position-dependent effects of photoconductivity were demonstrated. The photocurrent exhibited increase when the positive electrode was illuminated, decrease when the negative electrode was illuminated, and negligible response when the area between the electrodes was illuminated. At a 100 mu V bias voltage, a per cent change in current from similar to 150% (40 mW NIR) to similar to 1800% (335 mW NIR) is reported. Such large photocurrent responses result from built-in electric fields and optically generated temperature gradients (maximum NIR-induced temperature rise similar to 70 degrees C). The per cent photocurrent change was observed to depend on both annealing temperature and NIR power, but not resistance value. In the drift-dominated realm, a Gaussian photocurrent profile was obtained, signaling drift of charge carriers with increase in localized electric field, akin to the classic Haynes-Shockley experiment. A minority carrier mobility value of mu similar to 700 cm(2) V-1 s(-1) is reported. The simple low cost graphene devices presented in this paper were fabricated without lithographic processing and are ideal candidates for assorted infrared imaging applications.