Fabrication and photoresponse of ZnO nanowires/CuO coaxial heterojunction

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Wu, Jen Kai ^a   Chen, Wei Jen ^a   Chang, Yuan Huei ^a   Chen, Yang Fang ^a   Hang, Da Ren ^b,c   Liang, Chi Te ^a,d   Lu, Jing Yu ^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

Coaxial heterojunction; CuO; ZnO nanowires

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; COPPER OXIDES; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; FABRICATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOWIRES; PHOTORESISTS; REDUCTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHEMICAL METHOD; CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; REFINED STRUCTURES; REVERSE LEAKAGE CURRENT; STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; ZNO BUFFER LAYER; ZNO NANOWIRES;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84887280262     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-387     Document Type: Article

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