Piezotronic interface engineering on ZnO/Au-based Schottky junction for enhanced photoresponse of a flexible self-powered UV detector

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 14116-14122

  Lu, Shengnan ^a   Qi, Junjie ^a   Liu, Shuo ^a   Zhang, Zheng ^a   Wang, Zengze ^a   Lin, Pei ^a   Liao, Qingliang ^a   Liang, Qijie ^a   Zhang, Yue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

interface engineering; piezopotential; Schottky barrier; self powered; UV detector; ZnO

Indexed keywords

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; OXIDE MINERALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; TENSILE STRAIN; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARGE REDISTRIBUTION; INTERFACE ENGINEERING; PIEZOELECTRIC POLARIZATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTORS; PIEZOPOTENTIAL; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; SELF-POWERED; SEPARATION AND EXTRACTION;

GOLD ALLOYS;

EID: 84906810083     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am503442c     Document Type: Article

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