Facile synthesis of composition-tuned ZnO/Zn xCd1-xSe nanowires for photovoltaic applications

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Luo, Qiang ^a   Wu, Zhiming ^a   He, Jialun ^a   Cao, Yiyan ^a   Bhutto, Waseem Ahmed ^a   Wang, Weiping ^a   Zheng, Xuanli ^a   Li, Shuping ^a   Lin, Shengquan ^a   Kong, Lijing ^a   Kang, Junyong ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alternant physical deposition; Composition tuning; Solar cell; ZnO ZnCdSe coaxial nanowires

Indexed keywords

CARRIER LIFETIME; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOWIRES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; TERNARY ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SELENIDE;

ANNEALING TREATMENTS; COAXIAL NANOWIRES; CRYSTAL QUALITIES; DEPOSITION METHODS; FACILE SYNTHESIS; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE; PHOTO- LUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84929485138     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-0886-3     Document Type: Article

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