Ultrahigh-gain single SnO2 nanowire photodetectors made with ferromagnetic nickel electrodes

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Lu, Meng Lin ^a   Weng, Tong Min ^a   Chen, Ju Ying ^a   Chen, Yang Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetic material; SnO2 nanowire; Ultrahigh gain photodetector

Indexed keywords

BAND-BENDING EFFECTS; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; FERROMAGNETIC ELECTRODES; MAGNETIC MANIPULATION; NANOSTRUCTURED SEMICONDUCTOR; NICKEL ELECTRODE; OXYGEN MOLECULE; ULTRA-VIOLET PHOTODETECTORS;

ELECTRODES; FERROMAGNETISM; NANOWIRES; NICKEL; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84870929824     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2012.48     Document Type: Article

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