Space-charge layer, intrinsic "bulk" and surface complex defects in zno nanoparticles - A high-field electron paramagnetic resonance analysis

Functional Materials Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Eichel, Rüdiger A ^a   Erdem, Emre ^b   Jakes, Peter ^a   Ozarowski, Andrew ^c   Van Tol, Johan ^c   Hoffmann, Rudolf C ^d   Schneider, Jörg J ^d  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

defect complex; high field EPR; interstitial; intrinsic defects; vacancy; ZnO nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

DEFECT COMPLEX; HIGH FIELD EPR; INTERSTITIAL; INTRINSIC DEFECTS; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; VACANCIES; ZINC;

SURFACE DEFECTS;

EID: 84882432333     PISSN: 17936047     EISSN: 17937213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793604713300041     Document Type: Article

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