Photocurrent detection of chemically tuned hierarchical ZnO nanostructures grown on seed layers formed by atomic layer deposition

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bang, Seokhwan ^a   Lee, Seungjun ^a   Ko, Youngbin ^a   Park, Joohyun ^a   Shin, Seokyoon ^a   Seo, Hyungtak ^b   Jeon, Hyeongtag ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ALD; Band structure; Hydrothermal growth; Nanorod; Nanosheet; Photocurrent; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BAND STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MORPHOLOGY; NANORODS; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; ZINC OXIDE;

HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; MORPHOLOGICAL CONTROL; NANOSTRUCTURE MORPHOLOGIES; PHOTOCURRENT CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION; SURFACE HYDROXYL GROUPS; VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION;

EID: 84863991673     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-290     Document Type: Article

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