Piezoelectric Current Generation in Wurtzite GaAs Nanowires

Prokhor A. Alekseev; Vladislav A. Sharov; Pavel Geydt; Mikhail S. Dunaevskiy; Volodymyr V. Lysak; George E. Cirlin; Rodion R. Reznik; Artem I. Khrebtov; Ilya P. Soshnikov; Erkki Lähderanta

doi:10.1002/pssr.201700358

Piezoelectric Current Generation in Wurtzite GaAs Nanowires

Prokhor A. Alekseev, Vladislav A. Sharov, Pavel Geydt, Mikhail S. Dunaevskiy, Volodymyr V. Lysak, George E. Cirlin, Rodion R. Reznik, Artem I. Khrebtov, Ilya P. Soshnikov, Erkki Lähderanta

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Generation of electric current is observed when GaAs nanowires with wurtzite crystal structure are bent by the probe of an atomic force microscope. The current originates from a piezo active phase in the nanowires due to the piezoelectric effect. Increasing of the piezo-potential in bent nanowires enhances tunneling through the probe–nanowire Schottky barrier due to the thermionic field emission. Laser illumination amplifies short-circuit current pulses by two orders of magnitude from 9 pA to 1 nA due to the piezo-phototronic effect. Utilization of such piezo-phototronic effect in GaAs nanowires is a solution to accelerate the efficiency of hybrid energy sources “piezoelectric nanogenerator − solar cell” comprised of III–V nanowires.

Original language	English
Article number	1700358
Journal	Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201700358
Publication status	Published - Jan 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

atomic force microscope
GaAs
III-V nanowires
nanogenerators
piezo-phototronic effect
wurtzite

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