A self-powered UV photodetector based on TiO2 nanorod arrays

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Xie, Yanru ^a   Wei, Lin ^a   Wei, Guodong ^a   Li, Qinghao ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Chen, Yanxue ^a   Yan, Shishen ^a   Liu, Guolei ^a   Mei, Liangmo ^a   Jiao, Jun ^b,c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Portland State University   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanorod; Solid liquid heterojunction; Ultraviolet photodetector

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LOW COST FABRICATION; QUICK RESPONSE TIME; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; SOLID-LIQUID; SPECTRAL SELECTIVITY; ULTRA-VIOLET PHOTODETECTORS;

NANORODS;

EID: 84878766217     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-188     Document Type: Article

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