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We introduce an enhanced performance organic-inorganic hybrid p-n junction photodiode, utilizing poly[bis(4-phenyl) (2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine] (PTAA) and ZnO, fabricated through a solution-based process at a low temperature under 100 °C. Improved interfacial electronic structure, characterized by shallower Gaussian standard deviation of the density-of-state distribution and a larger interface dipole, has resulted in a remarkable fold increase of ∼10 in signal-to-noise ratio for the device. This photodiode exhibits a high specific detectivity (2.32 × 10 Jones, ) and exceptional rectification ratio (5.47 × 10 at ±1 V). The primary light response, concentrated in the optimal thickness of the PTAA layer, contributes to response over the entire UVA region and rapid response speed, with rise and fall times of 0.24 and 0.64 ms, respectively. Furthermore, this work demonstrates immense potential of our device for health monitoring applications by enabling real-time and continuous measurements of UV intensity.
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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
September 2025
Institute of Semiconductor Electronics (IHT), RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Hard entropy limits of impurity doping prevent further miniaturization of low nanoscale silicon-based very large scale integration (VLSI) devices, thereby obstructing the path toward more energy-efficient VLSI designs with higher yield in compute power. As demonstrated here by synchrotron UV photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy in total fluorescence yield mode (XAS-TFY), intrinsic Si at the bottom of the nanoscale (i-nano-Si) turns into strong p- or n-Si by embedding in silicon nitride (SiN) or silicon dioxide (SiO), respectively. The associated Nanoscale Electronic Structure Shift Induced by Anions at Surfaces (NESSIAS) creates a p/n junction in i-nano-Si by the quantum-chemical impact of SiN- vs SiO-coating, providing energy landscapes to accumulate electrons (holes) when SiO- (SiN-) coated, with free charge carriers provided by metallic interconnects.
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August 2025
Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstraße 15, Berlin, Berlin, 12489, GERMANY.
The continuous miniaturization of semiconductor nanodevices necessitates advanced characterization techniques to probe their internal electrostatic potential under operational conditions. Off-axis electron holography (EH) enables quantitative mapping of phase shifts induced by electrostatic potentials, yet its application in operando transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is hindered by focused ion beam (FIB)-induced surface artifacts, such as amorphized layers and charge trapping, which distort the potential landscape, in addition to long-range electric stray fields. This study introduces an extended multilayer framework to efficiently model 3D electrostatic potential distributions in such FIB-prepared TEM-lamellae.
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August 2025
Department of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, Swami Vivekananda University, Kolkata, 700121, India.
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August 2025
School of Advanced Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong─Liverpool University, 215123 Suzhou, China.
Metal organic frameworks (MOFs), crystalline solids consisting of organic ligands and metal ions, have attracted increasing interest in various areas, including catalysis and biology. Functionalizable pore interiors and ultrahigh surface-to-volume ratios of MOFs make them excellent materials, especially for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) by the photoinduced charge transfer (PICT) between the MOFs and adsorbed molecules for SERS signal amplification. In our previous work, we demonstrated a p-n junction-assisted MOF substrate for enhancing the SERS signal through additional charge transfer, while the notable structural characteristics of MOFs benefit the SERS selectivity.
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Nanofabrication Facility, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
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