A photovoltaic self-powered gas sensor based on a single-walled carbon nanotube/Si heterojunction

L. Liu, G. H. Li, Y. Wang, Y. Y. Wang, T. Li, T. Zhang*, S. J. Qin

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Abstract

We present a novel photovoltaic self-powered gas sensor based on a p-type single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) and n-type silicon (n-Si) heterojunction. The energy from visible light suffices to drive the device owing to a built-in electric field (BEF) induced by the differences between the Fermi levels of SWNTs and n-Si.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)18579-18583
Number of pages5
JournalNanoscale
Volume9
Issue number47
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Dec 2017

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