Broadband Insulator-Based Dynamic Diode with Ultrafast Hot Carriers Process

The excitation, rebound, and transport process of hot carriers (HCs) inside dynamic diode (DD) based on insulators has been rarely explored due to the original stereotyped in which it was thought that the insulators are nonconductive. However, the carrier dynamics of DD is totally different from the...

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Main Authors: Runjiang Shen, Yanghua Lu, Xutao Yu, Qi Ge, Huiming Zhong, Shisheng Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2022-01-01
Series:Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.34133/2022/9878352
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Summary:The excitation, rebound, and transport process of hot carriers (HCs) inside dynamic diode (DD) based on insulators has been rarely explored due to the original stereotyped in which it was thought that the insulators are nonconductive. However, the carrier dynamics of DD is totally different from the static diode, which may bring a subverting insight of insulators. Herein, we discovered insulators could be conductive under the framework of DD; the HC process inside the rebounding procedure caused by the disappearance and reestablishment of the built-in electric field at the interface of insulator/semiconductor heterostructure is the main generation mechanism. This type of DD can response fast up to 1 μs to mechanical excitation with an output of ~10 V, showing a wide band frequency response under different input frequencies from 0 to 40 kHz. It can work under extreme environments; various applications like underwater communication network, self-powered sensor/detector in the sea environment, and life health monitoring can be achieved.
ISSN:2639-5274