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Transient Photocurrent Behavior Of Multiple Quantum Well Gaas/Al_Xga_(1-X)As Electrode, Liuyao Liuyao, Xurui Xiao, Liyuan Liyuan

Journal of Electrochemistry

Transient photocurrents induced by short light pulses at lattice-matched multiplequantum well(MQW)GaAs/Al_(0.3)Ga_(0.7)As electredes were studied in the 1 ×10￣(-2)mol·dm￣(-3)ferrocene([Fc￣0]/[Fc)￣+]=9/1)-0.1 mol·dm￣(-3)tetrabutylammonium tetrafluoroborate acetonitrile solutionin order to examine the relaxation photoprocesses and to evaluate kinetic parameters of superlattice electrodes. GaAs/Al_(0.3)Ca_(0. 7)As MQW electrode consisting of 10 periods with each of GaAs well(5.3nm)and Al_(0. 3)Ga_(0. 7)As barrier(10nm)showed two pronounced and well-resolved peak structures located at 1.503 eV and 1.699 eV in the photocurrent spectrum,corresponding to the theoretical allowedexcitonic transitions(Δn=0) for heavy holes(H11,H22)in the quantum well respectively. Transient photocurrent spectra were measured by a monochromatic light pulse with 7 μs pulsewidth and 9 nJ·cm￣(-2) of …