Superionic conductor-mediated growth of ternary ZnCdS nanorods over a wide composition range

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 584-591

  Zhang, Yongliang ^a   Cai, Jing ^a   Ji, Tianpei ^a   Wu, Qiang ^a   Xu, Yuyang ^a   Wang, Xizhang ^a   Sun, Tao ^a   Yang, Lijun ^a   Hu, Zheng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bandgap engineering; solution solid solid growth; superionic conductor; ternary ZnxCd1 xS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925543111     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0708-z     Document Type: Article

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