Metal-insulator-metal diodes: Role of the insulator layer on the rectification performance

Advanced Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1301-1308

  Periasamy, Prakash ^a   Guthrey, Harvey L ^a   Abdulagatov, Aziz I ^c   Ndione, Paul F ^b   Berry, Joseph J ^b   Ginley, David S ^b   George, Steven M ^c   Parilla, Philip A ^b   O'Hayre, Ryan P ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Al2O 3; MIM diodes; Nb2O5; rectenna; TiO2

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; INSULATOR LAYER; METAL INSULATOR METALS; METAL-INSULATOR-METAL STRUCTURES; MIM DIODES; RECTENNAS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TIO;

NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM OXIDE; PLATINUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

MIM DEVICES;

EID: 84874887084     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201203075     Document Type: Article

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