Piezo-phototronic effect enhanced visible and ultraviolet photodetection using a ZnO-CdS core-shell micro/nanowire

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 9229-9236

  Zhang, Fang ^a,b   Ding, Yong ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Zhang, Xiaoling ^b   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a,c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

photodetector; piezo phototronic effect; piezopotential; Schottky contact; ZnO CdS core shell micro nanowire

Indexed keywords

CDS NANOWIRES; CHARGE CARRIER GENERATION; CORE-SHELL; CORE-SHELL NANOSTRUCTURES; GREEN LIGHT; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR CONTACTS; NEW APPLICATIONS; P-N JUNCTION; PHOTO DETECTION; PHOTON DETECTOR; PHOTON SENSORS; PIEZO-PHOTOTRONIC EFFECT; PIEZOELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PIEZOPOTENTIAL; POLYMER SUBSTRATE; SCHOTTKY BARRIER HEIGHTS; SCHOTTKY CONTACTS; SOURCE AND DRAINS; UV SENSOR; VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET; ZNO;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; NANOWIRES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

ZINC OXIDE;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; NANOMATERIAL; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETRY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84867826054     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3035765     Document Type: Article

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