Template-guided growth of well-aligned ZnO nanocone arrays on FTO substrate

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 346, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-68

  Xie, Yu ^a,b   Cai, Bing ^b   Yu, Dongqi ^a   Shan, Wenjuan ^a   Zhang, Wen Hua ^b  

^a LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

A1. Nanostructure; A1. Template; A1. ZnO; A2. Hydrothermal crystal growth; B2. Semiconducting II VI material

Indexed keywords

A1. TEMPLATE; A1. ZNO; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; HYDROTHERMAL CRYSTAL GROWTH; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; NANO-CONES; NANOCONE ARRAYS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (SEM); SEMICONDUCTING II-VI MATERIALS; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION; WELL-ALIGNED; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; FLUORINE; NANORODS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; TIN; TIN OXIDES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84862822900     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2012.02.030     Document Type: Article

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