Charge carrier separation induced by intrinsic surface strain in pristine ZnO nanowires

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Kou, Liangzhi ^a,c   Li, Chun ^b   Zhang, Zi Yue ^a   Chen, Changfeng ^c   Guo, Wanlin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL STRAIN; CARRIER SEPARATION; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; INTRINSIC SURFACES; POISSON EFFECTS; SOLAR CELL DESIGN; STRAIN INDUCED ENHANCEMENT; SURFACE REGION; SURFACE STRAINS; ZNO NANOWIRES;

CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; NANOWIRES; ZINC OXIDE;

TENSILE STRAIN;

EID: 77955738518     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3467262     Document Type: Article

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