Vertical p-type Cu-doped ZnO/n-type ZnO homojunction nanowire-based ultraviolet photodetector by the furnace system with hotwire assistance

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4277-4285

  Hsu, Cheng Liang ^a   Gao, Yi Dian ^a   Chen, You Syuan ^a   Hsueh, Ting Jen ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL NANO DEVICE LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cu doped ZnO; homojunction; hotwire; nanowires; p type

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DOPING (ADDITIVES); NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CU-DOPED ZNO; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; HOMOJUNCTION; HOTWIRE; LATERAL SURFACE; P-TYPE; ULTRA-VIOLET PHOTODETECTORS; ULTRAVIOLET EXPOSURE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84896955740     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am406030d     Document Type: Article

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