TY - JOUR
T1 - Size-dependent photoconductance in SnO2 nanowires
AU - Mathur, Sanjay
AU - Barth, Sven
AU - Shen, Hao
AU - Pyun, Jae Chul
AU - Werner, Ulf
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2005/7
Y1 - 2005/7
N2 - The synthesis and characterization of SnO2 wires, coins, and ribbons by vapor transport synthesis at elevated temperatures has been offered for the improvements as the nanowires, tubes, or rods display the lowest dimensionability for electron transport. The tin oxide nanowires were obtained by ablating a metallic tin target with an Nd:YAG laser under an O2/Ar atmosphere. The gaseous species liberated during the chemical vapor growth of SnO2 nanowires were characterized by on-line mass spectrometric analysis. The growth of tin oxide nanowires follows vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) mechanism, where the VLS model requires the alloying of a metal catalysts with nanowire component for growing quasi-one-dimensional nanostructures. The photoconductance of SnO2 NWs offers a strong modulation that dependends on the average radical dimensions. The results show that stable photoresponse of samples demonstrate their potential for applications in UV detectors.
AB - The synthesis and characterization of SnO2 wires, coins, and ribbons by vapor transport synthesis at elevated temperatures has been offered for the improvements as the nanowires, tubes, or rods display the lowest dimensionability for electron transport. The tin oxide nanowires were obtained by ablating a metallic tin target with an Nd:YAG laser under an O2/Ar atmosphere. The gaseous species liberated during the chemical vapor growth of SnO2 nanowires were characterized by on-line mass spectrometric analysis. The growth of tin oxide nanowires follows vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) mechanism, where the VLS model requires the alloying of a metal catalysts with nanowire component for growing quasi-one-dimensional nanostructures. The photoconductance of SnO2 NWs offers a strong modulation that dependends on the average radical dimensions. The results show that stable photoresponse of samples demonstrate their potential for applications in UV detectors.
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U2 - 10.1002/smll.200400168
DO - 10.1002/smll.200400168
M3 - Article
C2 - 17193512
AN - SCOPUS:32044473151
VL - 1
SP - 713
EP - 717
JO - Small
JF - Small
SN - 1613-6810
IS - 7
ER -