UV light emitting transparent conducting tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) nanowires

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Gao, J ^a   Chen, R ^a   Li, D H ^a   Jiang, L ^b   Ye, J C ^c   Ma, X C ^c   Chen, X D ^b   Xiong, Q H ^a   Sun, H D ^a   Wu, T ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE LIGHT; DEFECT LEVELS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ITO NANOWIRES; NANOMATERIAL; OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE; RADIATIVE PROCESS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SN CONCENTRATION; SN DOPING; SYNTHESIS TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; TIN DOPED INDIUM OXIDE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; ULTRA VIOLET EXCITATION; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; UNIQUE FEATURES; UV LIGHT; VAPOR TRANSPORT METHODS; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID GROWTH;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INDIUM; LIGHT EMISSION; TIN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VAPORS;

NANOWIRES;

INDIUM TIN OXIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOWIRE; SILICON; TIN; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; SILICON; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TEMPERATURE; TIN; TIN COMPOUNDS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79953266810     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/19/195706     Document Type: Article

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