Piezoelectric nanogenerators based on zinc oxide nanowire arrays

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5771, 2006, Pages 242-246

  Wang, Zhong Lin ^a,b,c   Song, Jinhui ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CURRENT GENERATION; METAL TIPS; NANOWIRE (NW) ARRAYS; NW-BASED PIEZOELECTRIC POWER GENERATORS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COUPLED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT CARRYING CAPACITY (CABLES); MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

ZINC OXIDE;

METAL; NANOPARTICLE; ZINC OXIDE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEVICE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; GENERATOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 33645810366     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1124005     Document Type: Article

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