Photoinduced oxygen release and persistent photoconductivity in ZnO nanowires

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-7

  Bao, Jiming ^a   Shalish, Ilan ^b   Su, Zhihua ^a   Gurwitz, Ron ^b   Capasso, Federico ^c   Wang, Xiaowei ^d   Ren, Zhifeng ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION DESORPTION; HIGH SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; IN-VACUUM; LATTICE OXYGEN; OXYGEN DESORPTION; OXYGEN RELEASE; PERSISTENT PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTO-INDUCED SURFACES; PHOTOGENERATED HOLES; PHOTORESPONSES; RATE OF INCREASE; SURFACE OXYGEN; ULTRAVIOLET ILLUMINATION; UV ILLUMINATIONS; UV INTENSITY; ZNO NANOWIRES; ZNO SURFACE;

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; NANOWIRES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; VACUUM; ZINC OXIDE;

OXYGEN;

EID: 84856920980     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-404     Document Type: Article

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