Influence of exciton localization on the emission and ultraviolet photoresponse of ZnO/ZnS core-shell nanowires

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 10331-10336

  Fang, Xuan ^a   Wei, Zhipeng ^a   Chen, Rui ^b   Tang, Jilong ^a   Zhao, Haifeng ^c   Zhang, Ligong ^c   Zhao, Dongxu ^c   Fang, Dan ^a   Li, Jinhua ^a   Fang, Fang ^a   Chu, Xueying ^a   Wang, Xiaohua ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

Author keywords

core shell structure; exciton localization; photocurrent; photoluminescence; surface passivation

Indexed keywords

EXCITONS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PASSIVATION; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; CORE-SHELL NANOWIRES; EXCITON LOCALIZATION; EXCITONIC EMISSION; NONRADIATIVE RECOMBINATION CENTERS; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE PASSIVATION; WET-CHEMICAL METHOD;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84930225865     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01100     Document Type: Article

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