Photocurrent enhancement of SnO2 nanowires through Au-nanoparticles decoration

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 16916-16922

  Lin, Cheng Hua ^a   Chen, Tzung Te ^a   Chen, Yang Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES;

HIGHLY SENSITIVE PHOTODETECTORS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC PARTICLES; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRONS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; SPACE CHARGE REGIONS; SURFACE ELECTRIC FIELDS;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

GOLD; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; TIN DERIVATIVE; TIN DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTONS; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 54249106760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.016916     Document Type: Article

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