Photodiode-like behavior and excellent photoresponse of vertical Si/monolayer MoS2 heterostructures

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Yang ^a   Xu, Cheng Yan ^a   Wang, Jia Ying ^a   Zhen, Liang ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84923929666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07186     Document Type: Article

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