Highly sensitive ultraviolet photodetectors fabricated from ZnO quantum dots/carbon nanodots hybrid films

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Guo, Deng Yang ^a,b   Shan, Chong Xin ^a   Qu, Song Nan ^a   Shen, De Zhen ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 84928389201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07469     Document Type: Article

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