Effect of aligned nanorods in ZnO thin films for enhanced photoelectrochemical response

Materials Science and Technology Conference and Exhibition, MS and T'08

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 920-935

  Shet, Sudhakar ^a,b   Ahn, Kwang Soon ^a   Deutsch, Todd ^a   Yan, Yanfa ^a   Turner, John ^a   Al Jassim, M ^a   Ravindra, N M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandgap; Crystallinity; Gas ambient; N concentration; Nanorod; Photoelectrochemical; RF power; Sputter; ZnO

Indexed keywords

BANDGAP; CRYSTALLINITY; GAS AMBIENT; N CONCENTRATION; NANOROD; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL; RF POWER; SPUTTER; ZNO;

ELECTRODEPOSITION; ENERGY GAP; GAS ABSORPTION; GASES; METALLIC FILMS; NANORODS; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 63749115849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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