Formation of aligned ZnO nanorods on self-grown ZnO template and its enhanced field emission characteristics

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 256, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 6157-6163

  Singh, Jai ^a   Patil, Sandip S ^b   More, Mahendra A ^b   Joag, Dilip S ^b   Tiwari, R S ^a   Srivastava, O N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Aligned ZnO nanorods (ANR); Field emission; Fractal feature; SEM; ZnO template

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; FRACTALS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANORODS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALIGNED ZNO NANORODS; ENHANCED FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION PROPERTY; FIELD ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; FOWLER-NORDHEIM PLOTS; FRACTAL FEATURE; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SINGLE-STEP PROCESS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 77953126982     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.03.130     Document Type: Article

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