All-printable band-edge modulated ZnO nanowire photodetectors with ultra-high detectivity

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Liu, Xi ^a   Gu, Leilei ^a   Zhang, Qianpeng ^a   Wu, Jiyuan ^a   Long, Yunze ^a,b   Fan, Zhiyong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSOR; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DEVICES; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICS; PERFORMANCE; RADIATION DETECTOR; SENSOR;

EID: 84902136891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5007     Document Type: Article

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