Photoelectrical and low-frequency noise characteristics of ZnO nanorod photodetectors prepared on flexible substrate

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 229-234

  Chen, T P ^a   Young, S J ^a,b   Chang, S J ^a   Hsiao, C H ^a   Wu, S L ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flexible; nanorod; noise; photodetector; ZnO

Indexed keywords

APPLIED BIAS; DESORPTION RATE; DETECTIVITY; FLEXIBLE; FLEXIBLE POLYIMIDE SUBSTRATE; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; HIGH SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE; METAL SEMICONDUCTOR METAL PHOTODETECTOR; NOISE; NOISE EQUIVALENT POWER; RESPONSIVITY; ZNO; ZNO FILMS; ZNO NANOROD;

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; LITHOGRAPHY; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; POLYIMIDES; ZINC OXIDE;

NANORODS;

EID: 84871732533     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2012.2228655     Document Type: Article

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