Localized surface plasmon induced enhancement of electron-hole generation with silver metal island at n-Al:ZnO/p-Cu2O heterojunction

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Kaur, Gurpreet ^a   Yadav, K L ^a   Mitra, Anirban ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COPPER OXIDES; ENERGY TRANSFER; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HOT ELECTRONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOCURRENTS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PLASMONS; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ELECTRON-HOLE GENERATION; I-V CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; METAL ISLANDS; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; SOLAR SPECTRUM; VISIBLE REGION;

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EID: 84938815658     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4928373     Document Type: Article

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