Junction investigation of graphene/silicon Schottky diodes

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mohammed, Muatez ^a   Li, Zhongrui ^a   Cui, Jingbiao ^a   Chen, Tar pin ^a  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphene; Heterojunction; Schottky diode

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; GRAPHENE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SILICON WAFERS;

CURRENT RECTIFICATIONS; FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SCHOTTKY JUNCTIONS;

GRAPHENE DEVICES;

EID: 84864005157     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-302     Document Type: Article

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