Efficient piezoelectric ZnO nanogenerators based on Au-coated silica sphere array electrode

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Ko, Yeong Hwan ^a   Nagaraju, Goli ^a   Yu, Jae Su ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Piezoelectric nanogenerators; Rough surface of top electrode; Silica spheres; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOGENERATORS; NANORODS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SILICA; SPHERES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ZINC OXIDE;

BENDING RADIUS; OUTPUT CURRENT; PIEZOELECTRIC CHARGE; PUSHING FORCES; ROUGH SURFACES; SILICA SPHERE; ZNO NANOROD;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84891466698     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-511     Document Type: Article

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