Diode junctions between two ZnO nanoparticles: Mechanism of rectification

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Mohanta, Kallol ^a   Pal, Amlan J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MONOLAYERS; NANOPARTICLES; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

CAPACITANCE-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; DEPLETION LAYERS; DIODE JUNCTIONS; ELECTROSTATIC ADSORPTIONS; IDEALITY FACTORS; METAL ELECTRODES; NARROW JUNCTIONS; RECOMBINATION CURRENTS; VOLTAGE RANGES; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 59349108828     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3068190     Document Type: Article

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