Hydrothermal growth of low-density ZnO microrod arrays on nonseeded FTO substrates

Materials Letters

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-36

  Yang, Guangwu ^a   Wang, Baoli ^a   Guo, Wenyue ^a   Wang, Qing ^b   Liu, Yanmin ^a   Miao, Chengcheng ^a   Bu, Zhongheng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Low density; Microstructure; Seed free; Semiconductors; ZnO microrod arrays

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE; TIN; TIN OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE;

EPITAXIAL NUCLEATION; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; IMPORTANT FEATURES; LATTICE-MATCHING CONDITIONS; LOW DENSITY; MICRORODS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84870721524     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2012.09.025     Document Type: Article

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