Optimizing the power output of a ZnO photocell by piezopotential

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 4220-4224

  Hu, Youfan ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a,b   Chang, Yanling ^a   Snyder, Robert L ^a   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

photocell; piezopotential; ZnO

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRAIN; EFFECTIVE HEIGHT; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; METAL SEMICONDUCTOR METAL; MICROWIRE; PIEZO-ELECTRIC EFFECTS; POWER OUT PUT; SCHOTTKY; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; THERMIONIC EMISSION THEORY; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; ZNO;

OPTIMIZATION; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; THERMIONIC EMISSION; ZINC OXIDE;

PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS;

EID: 77955528751     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1010045     Document Type: Article

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