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Controllable Vapor Growth of Large-Area Aligned CdS _x Se_1-x Nanowires for Visible Range Integratable Photodetectors.

ABSTRACT: The controllable growth of large area band gap engineered-semiconductor nanowires (NWs) with precise orientation and position is of immense significance in the development of integrated optoelectronic devices. In this study, we have achieved large area in-plane-aligned CdS _x Se_1-x nanowires via chemical vapor deposition method. The orientation and position of the alloyed CdS _x Se_1-x NWs could be controlled well by the graphoepitaxial effect and the patterns of Au catalyst. Microstructure characterizations of these as-grown samples reveal that the aligned CdS _x Se_1-x NWs possess smooth surface and uniform diameter. The aligned CdS _x Se_1-x NWs have strong photoluminescence and high-quality optical waveguide emission covering almost the entire visible wavelength range. Furthermore, photodetectors were constructed based on individual alloyed CdS _x Se_1-x NWs. These devices exhibit high performance and fast response speed with photoresponsivity ~ 670 A W^-1 and photoresponse time ~ 76 ms. Present work provides a straightforward way to realize in-plane aligned bandgap engineering in semiconductor NWs for the development of large area NW arrays, which exhibit promising applications in future optoelectronic integrated circuits.

SUBMITTER: Shoaib M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6199103 | biostudies-literature |

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