Synthesis of zinc oxide nanostructures on graphene/glass substrate by electrochemical deposition: effects of current density and temperature

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hambali, Nur Ashikyn ^a   Yahaya, Hafizal ^a   Mahmood, Mohamad Rusop ^b   Terasako, Tomoaki ^c   Hashim, Abdul Manaf ^a  

^a MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrochemical deposition; Graphene; Hybrid structure; Nanorod; Solar cell; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; GLASS; GRAPHENE; GROWTH TEMPERATURE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANORODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REDUCTION; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL GROWTH; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; HYBRID STRUCTURE; LOW CURRENT DENSITY; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENTS; ZINC OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION;

EID: 84912081665     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-609     Document Type: Article

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