Light-induced pyroelectric effect as an effective approach for ultrafast ultraviolet nanosensing

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wang, Zhaona ^a,b   Yu, Ruomeng ^a   Pan, Caofeng ^c   Li, Zhaoling ^a   Yang, Jin ^a   Yi, Fang ^a   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a,c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRE; PEROVSKITE; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRIC FIELD; LIGHT INTENSITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOFABRICATION; NANOSENSOR; OPTICS; PHOTON; PYROELECTRICITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF POWERED ZINC OXIDE PEROVSKITE HETEROSTRUCTURED ULTRAVIOLET PHOTODETECTOR; SEMICONDUCTOR; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTOR;

EID: 84942683822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9401     Document Type: Article

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