Field-emission and photoelectrical characteristics of Ga-ZnO nanorods photodetector

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1905-1910

  Hsiao, Chih Hung ^a   Huang, Chien Sheng ^b   Young, Sheng Joue ^c   Chang, Shoou Jinn ^a   Guo, Jia Jyun ^b   Liu, Chung Wei ^a   Yang, Tsung Ying ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Field emission; Ga doped ZnO nanorod; hydrothermal; photodetector

Indexed keywords

FIELD ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; GA-DOPED ZNO; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LOW-TEMPERATURE PROCESS; ULTRAVIOLET ILLUMINATION; UV ILLUMINATIONS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIELD EMISSION; NANORODS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; SUBSTRATES; ZINC OXIDE;

GALLIUM;

EID: 84878138898     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2013.2257790     Document Type: Article

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