Direct growth of oriented ZnO nanotubes by self-selective etching at lower temperature for photo-electrochemical (PEC) solar cell application

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 618, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 153-158

  Roza, L ^a   Rahman, M Y A ^a   Umar, A A ^a   Salleh, M M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Nanorod; Nanotube; Photoelectrochemical cell; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ETCHING; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MORPHOLOGY; NANORODS; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

HYDROTHERMAL TECHNIQUES; LOWER TEMPERATURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; SEED MEDIATED GROWTH; SELECTIVE ETCHING; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

OXIDE MINERALS;

EID: 84907087530     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.08.113     Document Type: Article

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