ZnS nanostructures: Synthesis, properties, and applications

Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-90

  Wang, Xianfu ^a   Huang, Hongtao ^a   Liang, Bo ^a   Liu, Zhe ^a   Chen, Di ^a   Shen, Guozhen ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

field effect transistor; light emitting diodes; photocatalysis; photoluminescence; sensors; ZnS nanostructures

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; RECENT PROGRESS; STRUCTURE-RELATED; ZINC SULFIDE (ZNS);

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SENSORS; SOLAR CELLS;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 84875286620     PISSN: 10408436     EISSN: 15476561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408436.2012.736887     Document Type: Article

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