Catalyst-free direct vapor-phase growth of Zn1-xCuxO micro-cross structures and their optical properties

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Xu, Danhua ^a   Fan, Donghua ^b   Shen, Wenzhong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wuyi University   (China)

Author keywords

Cu doped ZnO, Micro cross structures, Optical properties, Epitaxial growth, Catalyst free vapor phase method

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COPPER OXIDES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LUMINESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NANORODS; VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; ZINC OXIDE;

BRUSH-LIKE STRUCTURES; CATHODE LUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; CROSS STRUCTURES; DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; HEXAGONAL STRUCTURES; VAPOR PHASE METHODS; VISIBLE LUMINESCENCE;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84875147181     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-46     Document Type: Article

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