Enhanced photocurrent and dynamic response in vertically aligned In 2S3/Ag core/shell nanorod array photoconductive devices

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 8673-8682

  Cansizoglu, Hilal ^a   Cansizoglu, Mehmet F ^a   Watanabe, Fumiya ^b   Karabacak, Tansel ^a  

^a Department of Applied Science University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

core shell structure; glancing angle deposition (GLAD); metal capping; nanowire nanorod arrays; photoconductivity

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; INDIUM SULFIDE; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOCURRENTS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILVER;

CORE/SHELL NANORODS; CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITION; GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; METAL CAPPING; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DEVICES; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

NANORODS;

EID: 84902491234     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am501481w     Document Type: Article

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