Photovoltaic effect in few-layer black phosphorus PN junctions defined by local electrostatic gating

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Buscema, Michele ^a   Groenendijk, Dirk J ^a   Steele, Gary A ^a   Van Der Zant, Herre S J ^a   Castellanos Gomez, Andres ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEW LAYER BLACK PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FUEL CELL; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; ILLUMINATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECT; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84907307347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5651     Document Type: Article

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