Electric-Field-Dependent Photoconductivity in CdS Nanowires and Nanobelts: Exciton Ionization, Franz鈥揔eldysh, and Stark Effects
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- 作者：Dehui Li ; Jun Zhang ; Qing Zhang ; Qihua Xiong
- 刊名：Nano Letters
- 出版年：2012
- 出版时间：June 13, 2012
- 年：2012
- 卷：12
- 期：6
- 页码：2993-2999
- 全文大小：453K
- 年卷期：v.12,no.6(June 13, 2012)
- ISSN：1530-6992
文摘
We report on the electric-field-dependent photoconductivity (PC) near the band-edge region of individual CdS nanowires and nanobelts. The quasi-periodic oscillations above the band edge in nanowires and nanobelts have been attributed to a Franz鈥揔eldesh effect. The exciton peaks in PC spectra of the nanowires and thinner nanobelts show pronounced red-shifting due to the Stark effect as the electric field increases, while the exciton ionization is mainly facilitated by strong electron鈥搇ongitudinal optical (LO) phonon coupling. However, the band-edge transition of thick nanobelts blue-shifts due to the field-enhanced exciton ionization, suggesting partial exciton ionization as the electron鈥揕O phonon coupling is suppressed in the thicker belts. Large Stark shifts, up to 48 meV in the nanowire and 12 meV in the thinner nanobelts, have been achieved with a moderate electric field on the order of kV/cm, indicating a strong size and dimensionality implication due to confinement and surface depletion.