Enhanced UV photosensitivity from rapid thermal annealed vertically aligned ZnO nanowires

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-8

  Dhara, Soumen ^a   Giri, P K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Photocurrent; Photoresponse; Rapid thermal annealing; ZnO nanowires

Indexed keywords

AS-GROWN; CURRENT RATIOS; DARK CURRENT-VOLTAGE; DECAY TIME CONSTANT; PHOTORESPONSE MEASUREMENTS; PHOTORESPONSES; TRAP CENTER; UV PHOTOSENSITIVITY; UV REGION; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID METHODS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; VISIBLE REGION; ZNO NANOWIRES; ZNO NWS;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; ZINC OXIDE;

SURFACE DEFECTS;

EID: 84855319718     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276x-6-504     Document Type: Article

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