Improvement in the Piezoelectric Performance of a ZnO Nanogenerator by a Combination of Chemical Doping and Interfacial Modification

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 6971-6977

  Liu, Caihong ^a   Yu, Aifang ^a   Peng, Mingzeng ^a   Song, Ming ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Zhai, Junyi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COPPER OXIDES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY HARVESTING; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOWIRES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

CHEMICAL DOPING; DOPING CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON SCREENING; ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE; INTERFACIAL MODIFICATION; IV CHARACTERIZATION; OUTPUT PERFORMANCE; OUTPUT VOLTAGES;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84964495074     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b00069     Document Type: Article

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