• 文献标题:   Hot Carrier Extraction from Multilayer Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   URCUYO R, DUONG DL, SAILER P, BURGHARD M, KERN K
  • 作者关键词:   hot carrier, graphene, photovoltaic device, twodimensional 2d material, f4tcnq, grtioxti heterostructure
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Max Planck Inst Solid State Res
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b02354
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Hot carriers in semiconductor or metal nanostructures are relevant, for instance, to enhance the activity of oxide-supported metal catalysts or to achieve efficient photodetection using ultrathin semiconductor layers. Moreover, rapid collection of photoexcited hot carriers can improve the efficiency of solar cells, with a theoretical maximum of 85%. Because of the long lifetime of secondary excited electrons, graphene is an especially promising two-dimensional material to harness hot carriers for solar-to-electricity conversion. However, the photo response of thus far realized graphene photoelectric devices is mainly governed by thermal effects, which yield only a very small photovoltage. Here, we report a Gr-TiOx-Ti heterostructure wherein the photovoltaic effect is predominant. By doping the graphene, the open circuit voltage reaches values up to 0.30 V, 2 orders of magnitude larger than for devices relying upon the thermoelectric effect. The photocurrent turned out to be limited by trap states in the few-nanometer-thick TiOx layer. Our findings represent a first valuable step toward the integration of graphene into third-generation solar cells based upon hot carrier extraction.