Negative thermal quenching of photoluminescence in zinc oxide nanowirecore/graphene-shell complexes

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 105, 2012, Pages A706-A712

  Lin, S S ^a,b,c   Chen, B G ^b   Xiong, W ^b   Yang, Y ^b   He, H P ^d   Luo, J ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUENCHING;

BAND EDGE; DEEP LEVEL EMISSION; DENSITY OF STATE; DISCHARGING PROCESS; QUANTUM TUNNELING; THERMAL QUENCHING; WIDE-BAND-GAP SEMICONDUCTOR; ZNO; ZNO NWS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84866263674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A706     Document Type: Article

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