Effect of plasma treatment on native defects and photocatalytic activities of zinc oxide tetrapods

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 39, 2014, Pages 22760-22767

  Liu, Fangzhou ^a   Leung, Yu Hang ^a   Djurišić, Aleksandra B ^a   Ng, Alan Man Ching ^a,b   Chan, Wai Kin ^a   Ng, Ka Long ^c   Wong, Kam Sing ^c   Liao, Changzhong ^a   Shih, Kaimin ^a   Surya, Charles ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LUMINESCENCE; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; ZINC OXIDE;

DEFECT CONCENTRATIONS; DEFECT EMISSION; GREEN EMISSIONS; LUMINESCENCE INTENSITY; OXYGEN DEFICIENCY; OXYGEN PLASMAS; PLASMA TREATMENT; SAMPLE COMPOSITION;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84907781868     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp506468r     Document Type: Article

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