Sb2O3-induced tapered ZnO nanowire arrays: The kinetics of radial growth and morphology control

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 10379-10385

  Li, Su ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaozhong ^a,b   Zhang, Lihuan ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing National Center for Electron Microscopy   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST-FREE THERMAL EVAPORATION; CONCENTRATION OF; GROWTH MECHANISMS; INHIBITION EFFECT; MORPHOLOGY CONTROL; MORPHOLOGY EVOLUTION; NANO-CONES; NANOCONE; NANOPILLARS; NEAR BAND EDGE EMISSIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; PROMOTION EFFECTS; RADIAL GROWTH; RED-SHIFTED; SB DOPING; SB-DOPED; TAPERED STRUCTURE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL NUCLEATION; ZNO; ZNO NANOWIRE ARRAYS; ZNO NANOWIRES;

ADSORPTION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DOPING (ADDITIVES); MORPHOLOGY; NANOWIRES; THERMAL EVAPORATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL; ZINC OXIDE;

GROWTH KINETICS;

EID: 77953490410     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp1019125     Document Type: Article

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