Catalyst-free, selective growth of ZnO nanowires on SiO2 by chemical vapor deposition for transfer-free fabrication of UV photodetectors

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 36, 2015, Pages 20264-20271

  Xu, Liping ^a,b   Li, Xin ^b   Zhan, Zhaoyao ^b   Wang, Liang ^b   Feng, Shuanglong ^b   Chai, Xiangyu ^a   Lu, Wenqiang ^b   Shen, Jun ^b   Weng, Zhankun ^a   Sun, Jie ^c  

^a CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Chongqing Engineering Research Center of High Resolution and Three Dimensional Dynamic Imaging Detection Technology   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

catalyst free; transfer free; UV photodetector; ZnO nanowires

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FABRICATION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LOW-K DIELECTRIC; NANOWIRES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SILICA; SINGLE CRYSTALS; ZINC OXIDE;

CATALYST-FREE; CATALYST-FREE GROWTH; NANO-DEVICE FABRICATION; TRANSFER-FREE; UV PHOTODETECTORS; VAPOR SOLID MECHANISM; ZNO NANOWIRE ARRAYS; ZNO NANOWIRES;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84941791809     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b05811     Document Type: Article

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