Highly transparent and conducting graphene-embedded ZnO films with enhanced photoluminescence fabricated by aerosol synthesis

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Kwon, Bob Jin ^a   Kim, Jong Young ^a   Choi, Soon Mok ^b   An, Sung Jin ^c  

^a Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET)   (South Korea)

^b Korea University of Technology and Education   (South Korea)

^c Kumoh National Institute of Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Graphene; Photoluminescence; Transparency; ZnO

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS; ZNO; ZNO/GRAPHENE COMPOSITES;

AEROSOLS; COMPOSITE FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METALLIC FILMS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSPARENCY; ZINC OXIDE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84893577659     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/8/085701     Document Type: Article

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