White light emission characteristics of two dimensional graphitic carbon nitride and ZnO nanorod hybrid heterojunctions

Carbon

Volumn 108, Issue , 2016, Pages 335-342

  Bayan, Sayan ^a   Gogurla, Narendar ^a   Midya, Anupam ^a   Ray, Samit Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; NANORODS; NANOSHEETS; NITRIDES; SOLUTIONS; ZINC OXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION GROWTHS; CHEMICAL EXFOLIATIONS; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; ISOTYPE HETEROJUNCTIONS; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; TYPE II BAND ALIGNMENTS; VIOLET-BLUE EMISSIONS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84979688319     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2016.07.032     Document Type: Article

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