Sn-Seeded GaAs Nanowires as Self-Assembled Radial p-n Junctions

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Abstract

The widespread use of Au as a seed particle in the fabrication of semiconductor nanowires presents a fundamental limitation to the potential incorporation of such nanostructures into electronic devices. Although several other growth techniques have been demonstrated, the use of alternative seed particle metals remains an underexplored but potentially very promising way to influence the properties of the resulting nanowires while simultaneously avoiding gold. In this Letter, we demonstrate the use of Sn as a seed particle metal for GaAs nanowires grown by metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy. We show that vertically aligned and stacking defect-free GaAs nanowires can be grown with very high yield. The resulting nanowires exhibit Esaki diode behavior, attributed to very high n-doping of the nanowire core with Sn, and simultaneous C-doping of the radial overgrowth. These results demonstrate that the use of alternative seed particle metals is a potentially important area to explore for developing nanowire materials with controlled material properties.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3757-3762
JournalNano Letters
Volume15
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Nano Technology
  • Materials Chemistry

Free keywords

  • Nanowires
  • III-V semiconductors
  • vapor-phase epitaxy
  • GaAs
  • transmission
  • electron microscopy
  • doping p-n junction

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