High field emission enhancement of ZnO-nanorods via hydrothermal synthesis

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 294-298

  Chen, Jing ^a   Lei, Wei ^a   Chai, Weiqiang ^a   Zhang, Zichen ^a   Li, Chi ^a   Zhang, Xiaobing ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Enhancement factor; Field emission; Hydrothermal; ZnO

Indexed keywords

AMINES; FIELD EMISSION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

ENHANCEMENT FACTORS; ZINC NITRATE HEXAHYDRATES;

NANORODS;

EID: 38049037843     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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