Development of Solution-Processed ZnO Nanorod Arrays Based Photodetectors and the Improvement of UV Photoresponse via AZO Seed Layers

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 34, 2016, Pages 22647-22657

  Zhang, Yuzhu ^a   Xu, Jianping ^a   Shi, Shaobo ^b   Gao, Yanyan ^a   Wang, Chang ^a   Zhang, Xiaosong ^a   Yin, Shougen ^a   Li, Lan ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION   (China)

Author keywords

AZO films; heterojunctions; Schottky junctions; self powered photodetector; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANORODS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

AZO FILMS; INTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; LOW-INTENSITY ILLUMINATION; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; SCHOTTKY JUNCTIONS; SELF-POWERED; ULTRA-VIOLET PHOTODETECTORS; ZNO NANOROD;

GOLD;

EID: 84985987254     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06700     Document Type: Article

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