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Piezo-phototronic effect on optoelectronic nanodevices

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Optoelectronic nanoscale devices have wide applications in chemical, biological, and medical technologies. Improving the performance efficiency of these devices remains a challenge. Performance is mainly dictated by the structure and characteristics of the semiconductor materials. Once a nanodevice is fabricated, its efficiency is determined. The key to improving efficiency is to control the interfaces in the device. In this article, we describe how the piezo-phototronic effect can be effectively utilized to modulate the band at the interface of a metal/semiconductor contact or a p–n junction to enhance the external efficiency of many optoelectronic nanoscale devices such as photodetectors, solar cells, and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The piezo-phototronic effect can be highly effective at enhancing the efficiency of energy conversion in today’s green and renewable energy technology without using the sophisticated nanofabrication procedures that have high cost and complexity.

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The authors acknowledge the support of the National Key R&D Project by the Minister of Science and Technology, China (2016YFA0202703), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51622205, 61675027, 51432005, 61505010, and 51502018), Beijing City Committee of Science and Technology (Z171100002017019 and Z181100004418004), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (4181004, 4182080, 4184110, and 2184131), and Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. R17F050003).

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  1. Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems School of Nanoscience, Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    Rongrong Bao

  2. Department of Electronics, Peking University, China

    Youfan Hu

  3. College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China

    Qing Yang

  4. Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, School of Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    Caofeng Pan

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Bao, R., Hu, Y., Yang, Q. et al. Piezo-phototronic effect on optoelectronic nanodevices. MRS Bulletin 43, 952–958 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2018.295

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