Characteristics of copper indium diselenide nanowires embedded in porous alumina templates

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-212

  Liu, Piao ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^a   Rajaputra, Suresh ^a   Phok, Sovaimary ^a,b   Chen, Zhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID BATHS; ANODIZED ALUMINUM OXIDE; CAPACITANCE VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; CONTROLLABLE DIAMETER; COPPER INDIUM DISELENIDE; GOLD LAYER; IDEALITY FACTORS; JUNCTION POTENTIAL; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; POROUS ALUMINA TEMPLATES; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SPACE CHARGE DENSITY; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENTS;

ACIDS; ALUMINUM; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DIODES; INDIUM; NANOWIRES; OHMIC CONTACTS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77957949468     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.0030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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