Microstructural changes in CdSe-coated ZnO nanowires evaluated by in situ annealing in transmission electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 26, 2012, Pages

  Majidi, Hasti ^a   Winkler, Christopher R ^a   Taheri, Mitra L ^a   Baxter, Jason B ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDSE; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; COATING THICKNESS; CRYSTALLITE GROWTH; EXTREMELY THIN ABSORBER SOLAR CELLS; GROWTH REGIME; IN-SITU ANNEALING; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; NANOCRYSTAL GROWTH; NANOCRYSTAL SIZES; PHASE CHANGE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS; WURTZITES; ZINC BLENDE; ZNO NANOWIRES;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COATINGS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; IN SITU PROCESSING; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOWIRES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

ANNEALING;

EID: 84862670412     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/26/265701     Document Type: Article

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