Field emission characteristics of zinc oxide nanowires synthesized by vapor-solid process

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-5

  Kuo, Shou Yi ^a,b   Lin, Hsin I ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

1D nanostructures; Field emission; Near band edge; ZnO nanowires

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FIELD EMISSION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SURFACE DEFECTS; ZINC OXIDE;

1-D NANOSTRUCTURES; FIELD EMISSION MEASUREMENTS; FIELD-EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; MORPHOLOGY-CONTROLLED; NEAR BAND EDGE; PREFERENTIAL GROWTH ORIENTATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRA; ZNO NANOWIRES;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84897791182     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-70     Document Type: Article

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