Graphene-carbon nanotube hybrid films for high-performance flexible photodetectors

Nano Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1880-1887

  Liu, Yujie ^a   Liu, Yuanda ^a   Qin, Shuchao ^a   Xu, Yongbing ^a   Zhang, Rong ^a   Wang, Fengqiu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; flexible photodetector; graphene; van der Waals heterostructures

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTONS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CANDIDATE MATERIALS; CARBON NANOTUBE HYBRIDS; CARBON NANOTUBE NETWORK; FAST RESPONSE TIME; FLEXIBLE PHOTODETECTORS; FLEXIBLE PHOTONICS; PHOTORESPONSIVITY; VAN DER WAALS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 85006377798     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1370-9     Document Type: Article

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