High photoresponsivity in an all-graphene p-n vertical junction photodetector

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kim, Chang Oh ^a   Kim, Sung ^a   Shin, Dong Hee ^a   Kang, Soo Seok ^a   Kim, Jong Min ^a   Jang, Chan Wook ^a   Joo, Soong Sin ^a   Lee, Jae Sung ^a   Kim, Ju Hwan ^a   Choi, Suk Ho ^a   Hwang, Euyheon ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE;

CARBON; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROKINESIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IONIZATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; WAVELENGTH;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; DIODE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PHOTODETECTOR; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTORESPONSIVITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RADIATION DETECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROMETRY; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL TUNNELLING JUNCTION;

EID: 84928103619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4249     Document Type: Article

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