Fabrication of an eco-friendly composite nanogenerator for self-powered photosensor applications

Carbon

Volumn 84, Issue C, 2015, Pages 56-65

  Saravanakumar, Balasubramaniam ^a   Thiyagarajan, Kaliannan ^a   Alluri, Nagamalleswara Rao ^a   SoYoon, Shin ^a   Taehyun, Kim ^a   Lin, Zong Hong ^b   Kim, Sang Jae ^a,b  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FABRICATION; GRAPHENE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SILICONES; ZINC OXIDE;

MAXIMUM OUTPUT; NANOGENERATOR; OUTPUT POWER; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SEGMENTED DISPLAY; ULTRA-VIOLET; ZNO NANOWIRES;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84923358064     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.11.041     Document Type: Article

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