Humidity Sensing and Photodetection Behavior of Electrochemically Exfoliated Atomically Thin-Layered Black Phosphorus Nanosheets

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 11548-11556

  Erande, Manisha B ^a   Pawar, Mahendra S ^a   Late, Dattatray J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

Author keywords

black phosphorus; electrochemical exfoliation; humidity sensor; photodetector

Indexed keywords

HUMIDITY SENSORS; NANOSHEETS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; THICK FILMS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL EXFOLIATION; GAS SENSING APPLICATIONS; GAS SOLID INTERACTION; HUMIDITY SENSING; LARGE SURFACE AREA; PHOTO DETECTION; RECOVERY TIME; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 84974627144     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10247     Document Type: Article

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