Photoresponse of ZnO tetrapod nanocrystal Schottky diodes

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-23

  Newton, Marcus C ^a   Firth, Steven ^a   Warburton, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Schottky barrier; Tetrapod; UV photodiode; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; NANOCRYSTALS; PLATINUM; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

BAND GAP ILLUMINATION; PHOTORESPONSE MEASUREMENTS;

SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

EID: 38149112635     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2007.915207     Document Type: Article

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