High-performance ultraviolet photodetectors based on solution-grown ZnS nanobelts sandwiched between graphene layers

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kim, Yeonho ^a   Kim, Sang Jin ^a   Cho, Sung Pyo ^a   Hong, Byung Hee ^a   Jang, Du Jeon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84937890795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12345     Document Type: Article

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