High-Performance Flexible Ultraviolet (UV) Phototransistor Using Hybrid Channel of Vertical ZnO Nanorods and Graphene

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 11032-11040

  Dang, Vinh Quang ^a   Trung, Tran Quang ^a   Duy, Le Thai ^a   Kim, Bo Yeong ^b   Siddiqui, Saqib ^a   Lee, Wonil ^a   Lee, Nae Eung ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

field effect transistor; flexible; graphene; ultraviolet photodetector; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; NANORODS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; PHOTOTRANSISTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; FLEXIBLE; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE GAINS; SENSING MATERIAL; TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; ULTRA-VIOLET PHOTODETECTORS; UV PHOTODETECTORS; ZNO NANOROD;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84930680942     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02834     Document Type: Article

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