Synthesis and characterization of one-dimensional Ag-doped ZnO/Ga-doped ZnO coaxial nanostructure diodes

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 5183-5191

  Chiu, Hsien Ming ^a   Chang, Yu Tsui ^b   Wu, Wen Wei ^b   Wu, Jenn Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

binding energy; diode; MOCVD; nanostructures; p n homojunction; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; DIODES; GALLIUM; HETEROJUNCTIONS; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; NANOSTRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILVER;

COAXIAL NANOSTRUCTURES; DIODE CHARACTERISTICS; HOMOJUNCTION DIODES; P-N HETEROJUNCTIONS; P-N HOMOJUNCTIONS; RECTIFICATION RATIO; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84898463926     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500470y     Document Type: Article

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