Length scaling of carbon nanotube electric and photo diodes down to sub-50 nm

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5382-5389

  Xu, Haitao ^a   Wang, Sheng ^a   Zhang, Zhiyong ^a   Peng, Lian Mao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; diode; nanophotonics; photodiode

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIODES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; LIGHT SOURCES; NANOPHOTONICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODIODES; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS; YARN;

ELEMENTARY BUILDING BLOCKS; NANOSCALE RECTIFIERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC RESPONSE; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; RECTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSFERRED CHARGES; TURN-ON VOLTAGES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84914145392     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl502534j     Document Type: Article

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