Fabrication and characterization of carbon nanotube intermolecular p-n junctions

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-50

  Li, H ^a   Zhang, Q ^a   Yap, C C ^a   Tay, B K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Intermolecular p n junction; Transport mechanism

Indexed keywords

DIRECT TUNNELING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FORWARD BIAS; FOWLER-NORDHEIM TUNNELING; I - V CURVE; P-N JUNCTION; REVERSE BIAS; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

ARRHENIUS PLOTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; THERMIONIC EMISSION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84866027304     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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