Vapor treatment as a new method for photocurrent enhancement of UV photodetectors based on ZnO nanorods

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 247, Issue , 2016, Pages 150-155

  Saghaei, Jaber ^a   Fallahzadeh, Ali ^a   Saghaei, Tayebeh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Number density; Photocurrent; UV photodetector; Vapor treatment; ZnO nanorod

Indexed keywords

NANORODS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; NUMBER DENSITY; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ULTRA-VIOLET PHOTODETECTORS; UV PHOTODETECTORS; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; ZNO NANOROD;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84974705035     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2016.05.050     Document Type: Article

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