Enhancement of transport properties in single ZnSe nanowire field-effect transistors
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Abstract
Wide-gap semiconductors are excellent candidates for next-generation optoelectronic devices, including tunable emitters and detectors. ZnSe nanowire-based devices show great promise in blue emission applications, since they can be easily and reproducibly fabricated. However, their utility is limited by deep level defect states that inhibit optoelectronic device performance. The primary objective of this work is to show how the performance of ZnSe nanowire devices improves when nanowires are subjected to a post-growth anneal treatment in a zinc-rich atmosphere. We use low temperature photoluminescence spectroscopy to determine the primary recombination mechanisms and associated defect states. We then characterize the electronic properties of ZnSe nanowire field effect transistors fabricated from both as-grown and Zn-annealed nanowires, and measure an order-of-magnitude improvement to the electrical conductivity and mobility after the annealing treatment. We show that annealing reduces the concentration of zinc vacancies, which are responsible for strong compensation and high amounts of scattering in the as-grown nanowires.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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