ZnO nanodisk based UV detectors with printed electrodes

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3913-3921

  Alenezi, Mohammad R ^a,b   Alshammari, Abdullah S ^a,c   Alzanki, Talal H ^b   Jarowski, Peter ^a   Henley, Simon John ^a   Silva, S Ravi P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Authority for Applied Education and Training   (Kuwait)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EXPOSED SURFACES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HIGH QUALITY SINGLE CRYSTALS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; METAL SEMICONDUCTOR METAL; PHOTORESPONSIVITY; PRINTED ELECTRODES; SILVER ELECTRODE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84898014717     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la500143w     Document Type: Article

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