Piezo-phototronic effect enhanced visible/UV photodetector of a carbon-fiber/ZnO-CdS double-shell microwire

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 4537-4544

  Zhang, Fang ^a,b   Niu, Simiao ^a   Guo, Wenxi ^a   Zhu, Guang ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Zhang, Xiaoling ^b   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a,c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

branched ZnO CdS double shell nanowire; carbon fiber; photodetector; piezo phototronic effect; piezopotential

Indexed keywords

BARRIER HEIGHTS; COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; FLEXIBLE PHOTODETECTORS; HETEROJUNCTION INTERFACES; PIEZO-PHOTOTRONIC EFFECTS; PIEZOPOTENTIAL; POLYMER SUBSTRATE; TWO-STEP HYDROTHERMAL METHOD;

CARBON FIBERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOWIRES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; ZINC OXIDE;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

EID: 84878300088     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn401232k     Document Type: Article

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