JOURNAL ARTICLE

Atomic Layer Deposition of Zinc Oxide on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for UV Photodetector Applications

Abstract

A novel process for the fabrication of ZnO-carbon nanotubes (CNT) nanocomposites with high uniformity by atomic layer deposition (ALD) of ZnO on multiwalled carbon nanotubes was reported, and their applications in UV photodetectors were investigated. Two types of photodetectors, p- and n-type, were developed by alternating the ALD reaction cycles. In addition, a schematic model was proposed to explain the p- to n-type conversion of the ZnO-CNTs, which accounts for the amount and surface coverage of ZnO on CNTs.

Keywords:
Atomic layer deposition Materials science Photodetector Carbon nanotube Nanocomposite Layer (electronics) Zinc Nanotechnology Deposition (geology) Fabrication Chemical engineering Optoelectronics Metallurgy

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ZnO doping and properties
Physical Sciences →  Materials Science →  Materials Chemistry
Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Ga2O3 and related materials
Physical Sciences →  Materials Science →  Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
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