Epitaxial growth of vertically aligned highly conducting ZnO nanowires by modified aqueous chemical growth process

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 7 PART B, 2014, Pages 11283-11290

  Amiruddin, R ^a   Kumar, M C Santhosh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aqueous chemical growth (ACG); Spray pyrolysis; ZnO; ZnO nanowires

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; OPACITY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

AL-DOPED ZNO NANOWIRES; AQUEOUS CHEMICAL GROWTH; ENHANCED LUMINESCENT; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; SPRAY-PYROLYSIS TECHNIQUES; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; ZNO; ZNO NANOWIRES;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84900507558     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.03.154     Document Type: Article

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