Large lateral photovoltaic effect observed in nano Al-doped ZnO films

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 13806-13811

  Lu, Jing ^a   Wang, Hui ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; OXIDE FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

AL-DOPED ZNO; METAL-DOPED; POSITION-SENSITIVE DETECTORS; ZNO;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 79960479233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.013806     Document Type: Article

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