Direct synthesis of high-density lead sulfide nanowires on metal thin films towards efficient infrared light conversion

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 26, 2012, Pages

  Wu, Hengkui ^a   Yang, Yiming ^a   Oh, Eunsoon ^b   Lai, Fachun ^c   Yu, Dong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS-GROWN; BANDBENDING; BUILDING BLOCKES; CATALYTIC METALS; DEVICE INTEGRATION; DIRECT SYNTHESIS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HIGH MOBILITY; HIGH-DENSITY; INFRARED LIGHT; LEAD SULFIDE; METAL ELECTRODES; METAL THIN FILM; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; NANOWIRE DEVICES; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR INFRARED LIGHT; P-TYPE CONDUCTION; PHOTOCARRIER; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PINE TREES; SCHOTTKY JUNCTIONS; TI THIN FILMS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; INFRARED DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; THIN FILMS; VAPORS;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84862640193     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/26/265602     Document Type: Article

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