Growth and characterization of type II ZnO/ZnSe core/shell nanowire arrays

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1272-1277

  Zheng, Jinjian ^a   Wu, Zhiming ^a   Yang, Weihuang ^a   Li, Shuping ^a   Kang, Junyong ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND ALIGNMENTS; BAND GAPS; CORE/SHELL; CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; INTENSE EMISSION; NANO-ISLANDS; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SHELL MATERIALS; TYPE II; WELL-ALIGNED; WURTZITES;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOWIRES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC SULFIDE;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77957932325     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.0161     Document Type: Article

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