Controlled growth of ZnO array on FTO glass substrate by electrodeposition

Wuhan University Journal of Natural Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-134

  Luo, Lijuan ^a   Lü, Gang ^a   Li, Bihui ^a   Chen, Zhenghua ^a   Tang, Yiwen ^a  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Array; Electrodeposition; Nanorods; Nanotubes; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952859543     PISSN: 10071202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11859-010-0209-6     Document Type: Article

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