Room-temperature violet luminescence and ultraviolet photodetection of Sb-doped ZnO/Al-doped ZnO homojunction array

Nanoscale Research Letters

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

  Chen, Wei Jen ^a   Wu, Jen Kai ^a   Lin, Jheng Cyuan ^a   Lo, Shun Tsung ^a   Lin, Huang De ^a   Hang, Da Ren ^b,c   Shih, Ming Feng ^a   Liang, Chi Te ^a,d   Chang, Yuan Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

P type ZnO; Photoluminescence; Violet luminescence

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

AL DOPED ZNO THIN FILMS; FORMATION ENERGIES; P TYPE ZNO; P-N HOMOJUNCTIONS; PHOTO DETECTION; PHOTORESPONSIVITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT PHOTOLUMINESCENCES; ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTH REGION;

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84881258402     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-313     Document Type: Article

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