Self-powered nanowire devices

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 366-373

  Xu, Sheng ^a   Qin, Yong ^a   Xu, Chen ^a   Wei, Yaguang ^a   Yang, Rusen ^a   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INTEGRATION; PH SENSORS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; ZINC OXIDE;

DISCHARGING PROCESS; ELECTRICAL DEVICES; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; NANOWIRE DEVICES; PEAK POWER DENSITIES; SELF-POWERED SYSTEMS; VERTICAL INTEGRATION; ZNO NANOWIRE ARRAYS;

NANOWIRES;

NANOWIRE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY RESOURCE; NANOENGINEERING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77952293658     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2010.46     Document Type: Article

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