Research progress in ZnO single-crystal: Growth, scientific understanding, and device applications

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1235-1250

  Huang, Feng ^a   Lin, Zhang ^b   Lin, Wenwen ^a   Zhang, Jiye ^a   Ding, Kai ^a   Wang, Yonghao ^a   Zheng, Qinghong ^a   Zhan, Zhibing ^a   Yan, Fengbo ^a   Chen, Dagui ^a   Lv, Peiwen ^a   Wang, Xian ^a  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^b FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

Author keywords

Diluted magnetic semiconductor; Photocatalysis; ZnO; ZnO single crystal; ZnO based photoelectronic devices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896546811     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-014-0154-4     Document Type: Review

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