Controllable growth of zno nanorod arrays with different densities and their photoelectric properties

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wang, Shujie ^a   Song, Chongshun ^a   Cheng, Ke ^a   Dai, Shuxi ^a   Zhang, Yayan ^a   Du, Zuliang ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EBL; Hydrothermal; Photoelectric; ZnO nanorod arrays

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARGE CARRIERS TRANSPORT; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION; PHOTOELECTRIC; PHOTOELECTRIC PROPERTY; PHOTOELECTRIC RESPONSE; UV-LIGHT ILLUMINATION; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

NANORODS;

EID: 84860667876     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-246     Document Type: Article

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