Field emission from ordered carbon nanotube-ZnO heterojunction arrays

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 753-758

  Yan, Xingbin ^a,b   Tay, Beng Kang ^a   Miele, Philippe ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOWIRES; SELF ASSEMBLY; ZINC OXIDE;

GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; HETEROJUNCTION ARRAYS; PYRAMID-LIKE MICROPATTERNS; VAPOR-PHASE TRANSPORT (VPT);

FIELD EMISSION;

EID: 41549121917     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.01.027     Document Type: Article

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