Designing the electric transport characteristics of ZnO micro/nanowire devices by coupling piezoelectric and photoexcitation effects

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1234-1240

  Hu, Youfan ^a   Chang, Yanling ^a   Fei, Peng ^a   Snyder, Robert L ^a   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanowire; Photoexcitation; Piezo phototronics; Piezoelectricity; Schottky contact; ZnO

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; ELECTRIC TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; LIGHT INTENSITY; PIEZO-ELECTRIC EFFECTS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SCHOTTKY; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; SCHOTTKY CONTACT; SCHOTTKY CONTACTS; STEP-BY-STEP; ZNO; ZNO NANOWIRES;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC WIRE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOWIRES; PHOTOEXCITATION; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 77649148701     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901805g     Document Type: Conference Paper

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