ZnO/Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Poly(styrenesulfonate) based ultraviolet and visible photodetectors: Role of defects

Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 251-256

  Shetty, Amitha ^a   Nanda, Karuna Kar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Defect; Non Radiative Recombination; Time Resolved Fluorescence; UV and Visible Photodetectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871537473     PISSN: 21585849     EISSN: 21585857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/mex.2012.1071     Document Type: Article

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