Photoconductive gain and noise properties of ZnO nanorods schottky barrier photodiodes

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 96-99

  Young, Sheng Joue ^a  

^a NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

nanorod; Schottky diode; ZnO

Indexed keywords

GAS ADSORPTION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANORODS; PHOTODIODES; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

INCIDENT POWER; LARGE SURFACES; NOISE EQUIVALENT POWER; NOISE PROPERTIES; OXYGEN ADSORPTION; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE GAINS; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SCHOTTKY-BARRIER PHOTODIODE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84902993360     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2316599     Document Type: Article

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