Electrical conduction of a single electrospun ZnO nanofiber

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1157-1163

  Stafiniak, Andrzej ^a   Boratyński, Bogusław ^a   Baranowska Korczyc, Anna ^b   Fronc, Krzysztof ^b   Elbaum, Danek ^b   Tłaczała, Marek ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARRHENIUS PLOTS; CALCINATION; FIBERS; NANOFIBERS; NITROGEN; OHMIC CONTACTS; POINT DEFECTS; ZINC OXIDE;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION; LINEAR BEHAVIOR; NANOCRYSTALLINE ZNO; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84897576881     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jace.12759     Document Type: Article

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