Photoconductive gain of vertical ZnO nanorods on flexible polyimide substrate by low-temperature process

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3457-3461

  Chen, T P ^a   Young, Sheng Joue ^b   Chang, S J ^a   Hsiao, C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flexible; nanorod; photosensor; vertical zinc oxide (ZnO)

Indexed keywords

C-AXIS DIRECTION; FLEXIBLE; FLEXIBLE POLYIMIDE; FLEXIBLE POLYIMIDE SUBSTRATE; HEXAGONAL PHASE; HIGH SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW-TEMPERATURE PROCESS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE GAINS; PHOTOSENSOR; PL SPECTRA; RESPONSIVITY; VERTICAL ZINC OXIDE (ZNO); WURTZITES; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD;

PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; POLYIMIDES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

NANORODS;

EID: 80455164757     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2160254     Document Type: Article

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