Precision Controlled Carbon Materials for Next-Generation Optoelectronic and Photonic Devices

Abstract

Carbon nanotubes and graphene-based semiconducting materials exhibit exceptional properties and behaviors and unique physical phenomena that make them highly attractive for next-generation optoelectronic and photonic devices. Overall, in this project, we are building on our groups unique abilities for creating precision-controlled carbon semiconductors and exploiting their exceptional characteristics to engineer next-generation carbon-based optoelectronic and photonic devices with superior performance and capabilities. These devices include carbon nanotube-based photovoltaic, photodetector, and light emitting devices, which build on our capabilities for creating highly monodisperse electronic-type-controlled and bandgap-controlled semiconducting nanotubes [1-3], as well as preliminary demonstrations of carbon nanotube donor/acceptor heterojunction diode devices in which the nanotubes are the light absorbers[3-7]. These devices also include semiconducting graphene optoelectronic and photonic devices, which build on our capabilities for creating structure-controlled nanopatterned graphene with tunable, semiconducting behavior and with refined edge structures [8-11]. Overall, work focuses on the study of materials optoelectronic and photophysical properties and new fundamental concepts in devices that exploit the exceptional properties of these nanocarbon materials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 08, 2018
Accession Number
AD1051308

Entities

People

  • Michael S Arnold

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Electronics
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • Films
  • Fullerenes
  • Graphene
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Photonic Devices
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Polymers
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Semiconductors
  • Solar Cells
  • Thin Film Transistors
  • Thin Films

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics