Progress in the Research on the Piezotronic and Piezo-Phototronic Effects of Non-Polar Nanowires

WANG Xingfu; CAO Jin

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WANG Xingfu, CAO Jin. Progress in the Research on the Piezotronic and Piezo-Phototronic Effects of Non-Polar Nanowires[J]. Journal of South China Normal University (Natural Science Edition), 2020, 52(1): 1-8. DOI: 10.6054/j.jscnun.2020002

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Progress in the Research on the Piezotronic and Piezo-Phototronic Effects of Non-Polar Nanowires

WANG Xingfu^,,
CAO Jin

Institute of Semiconductor Science and Technology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China

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Received Date: October 21, 2019
Available Online: March 21, 2021

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The coupling between piezoelectric polarization and semiconductor properties has unique physical properties, and as a result, some new research fields such as piezoelectric electronics and piezoelectric optoelectronics have emerged, which has attracted attention. The article reviews the pressure effects of electrical and piezoelectric optoelectronics on metal/semiconductor(M/S) and p-n junctions, introducing the basic progress in the research on c-axis and a-axis piezoelectric electronics and piezoelectric optoelectronics and their application. The piezoelectric effect in c-axis nanostructures is an interface effect. It uses the piezoelectric polarization generated at the local M/S contact or the homo/heterojunction of the nanostructure to control the carrier across the interface. Transmission and the corresponding optoelectronic process is performed by photo-induced carriers. In non-polar a-axis nanowires, external strain-induced piezoelectric charges are distributed along the entire polar surface and across the nanowires width. The charge carrier transport process of a piezoelectric semiconductor is regulated by the piezoelectric effect throughout the nanostructure.
- semiconductor nanowires,
- piezoelectric electronics,
- piezoelectric optoelectronics

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