Large enhancement of photocurrent gain based on the composite of a single n-type SnO2 nanowire and p-type NiO nanoparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 16266-16272

  Lu, Meng Lin ^a   Lin, Tzu Yun ^a   Weng, Tong Min ^a   Chen, Yang Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOWIRES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS;

HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH SENSITIVITY; NANOWIRE SURFACE; NIO NANOPARTICLES; P-N HETEROJUNCTIONS; P-TYPE; P-TYPE NIO; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; PHOTORESPONSES; RANGE-BASED; SPACE CHARGE REGIONS; SURFACE ELECTRIC FIELDS; UNDERLYING MECHANISM;

ELECTRIC WIRE;

EID: 80051734710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.016266     Document Type: Article

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