ZnO branched nanowires and the p-CuO/n-ZnO heterojunction nanostructured photodetector

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 263-269

  Wang, Sheng Bo ^a   Hsiao, Chih Hung ^a   Chang, Shoou Jinn ^a   Jiao, Z Y ^b   Young, Sheng Joue ^c   Hung, Shang Chao ^d   Huang, Bohr Ran ^e  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Branched nanowires; CuO; heterojunction; photodetector (PD); ZnO

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIAMETER; BRANCHED NANOWIRES; CUO; FABRICATED DEVICE; REJECTION RATIOS; TURN-ON VOLTAGES; ULTRAVIOLET ILLUMINATION; ZNO;

FABRICATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOWIRES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84874965297     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2013.2243916     Document Type: Article

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