High-performance rigid and flexible ultraviolet photodetectors with single-crystalline ZnGa2O4 nanowires

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2162-2169

  Lou, Zheng ^a   Li, Ludong ^a   Shen, Guozhen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

flexible electronics; nanowires; ternary oxide; UV photodetectors; ZnGa2O4

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937976750     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0723-0     Document Type: Article

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