Seed/catalyst-free vertical growth of high-density electrodeposited zinc oxide nanostructures on a single-layer graphene

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Aziz, Nur Suhaili Abd ^a   Mahmood, Mohamad Rusop ^b   Yasui, Kanji ^c   Hashim, Abdul Manaf ^a,d  

^a MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d TECHNOLOGY PARK MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Electrochemical deposition; Graphene; One dimensional nanostructure; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANORODS; REDUCTION;

GROWTH MECHANISMS; HYBRID STRUCTURE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; VERTICAL GROWTH; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; ZINC OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84899642240     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-95     Document Type: Article

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