Facile fabrication of UV photodetectors based on ZnO nanorod networks across trenched electrodes

Journal of Semiconductors

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Li, Yingying ^a   Cheng, Chuanwei ^a   Dong, Xiang ^a   Gao, Junshan ^a   Zhang, Haiqian ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Nanorods; Photodetector; Semiconductors; Sensors

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SENSORS; CURRENT VOLTAGE; FACILE FABRICATION; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROELECTRODES ARRAYS; NANO SCALE; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTORESPONSES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTORS; SWITCHING DEVICES; ULTRAVIOLET ILLUMINATION; UV ILLUMINATIONS; UV PHOTODETECTORS; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; GOLD; MICROELECTRODES; NANORODS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; SENSORS; ZINC OXIDE;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

EID: 70349169203     PISSN: 16744926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/30/6/063004     Document Type: Article

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