Photoconductive enhancement effects of graphene quantum dots on ZnO nanoparticle photodetectors

2012 Lester Eastman Conference on High Performance Devices, LEC 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Shao, Dali ^a   Sawyer, Shayla ^a   Hu, Tao ^a   Yu, Mingpeng ^a   Lian, Jie ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphene quantum dots; UV photodetector; ZnO nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; CARBON MATERIAL; ENERGY-BAND DIAGRAM; ENHANCED PHOTORESPONSIVITY; ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS; HIGH POTENTIAL; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; INTERFACIAL REGION; OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLUTION PROCESSABLE; ULTRA-VIOLET; UV PHOTODETECTORS; ZERO-DIMENSIONAL; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE; MEDICAL IMAGING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ZINC OXIDE;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84874034043     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/lec.2012.6410972     Document Type: Conference Paper

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