Highly dense ZnO nanowires grown on graphene foam for ultraviolet photodetection

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 10606-10611

  Boruah, Buddha Deka ^a   Mukherjee, Anwesha ^a   Sridhar, S ^a   Misra, Abha ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

graphene foam; heterostructure; nanowire; photodetector; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; CHARGE CARRIERS; GRAPHENE; NANOWIRES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; RESISTIVE EVAPORATION; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; GRAPHENE FOAMS; HETEROSTRUCTURE; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; PHOTOGENERATED FREE CHARGE CARRIERS; THERMAL EVAPORATION TECHNIQUE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHENE; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTION;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84930225388     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02403     Document Type: Article

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