Passivation of zinc oxide nanowires for improved piezoelectric energy harvesting devices

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 476, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jalali, Nimra ^a   Briscoe, Joe ^a   Woolliams, Peter ^b   Stewart, Mark ^b   Weaver, Paul M ^b   Cain, Markys ^b   Dunn, Steve ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY HARVESTING; NANOWIRES; PASSIVATION; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; ZINC OXIDE;

COPPER THIOCYANATES; IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; PEAK POWER DENSITIES; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; PIEZOELECTRIC VOLTAGE; POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); RC TIME CONSTANTS; ZINC OXIDE NANOWIRES;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84891763728     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/476/1/012131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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