Highly responsive MoS2 photodetectors enhanced by graphene quantum dots

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chen, Caiyun ^a   Qiao, Hong ^a   Lin, Shenghuang ^a,b   Man Luk, Chi ^b   Liu, Yan ^a   Xu, Zaiquan ^c   Song, Jingchao ^c   Xue, Yunzhou ^a   Li, Delong ^d   Yuan, Jian ^a   Yu, Wenzhi ^a   Pan, Chunxu ^d   Ping Lau, Shu ^b   Bao, Qiaoliang ^a,c  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84948421989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11830     Document Type: Article

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