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Ultrahigh Density Array of Vertically Aligned Small-molecular Organic Nanowires on Arbitrary Substrates
Published on: June 18, 2013
Synthesizing axial inserting p-n heterojunction nanowire arrays for realizing synergistic performance
Haowei Lin1, Huibiao Liu, Xuemin Qian
1CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, PR China.
Abstract:
Consideration of the material design and components match on structure and energy, the solid-solid combined nanowires of p-type conductive polymer of poly[3-thiophene carboxylic acid methyl ester] (PTCM) and n-type inorganic semiconductor PbS was prepared with a 2.57 μm(2) heterojunction interface. The axial deeply inserting heterojunction nanowire arrays exhibited excellent rectifying features and diode nature, as well as obvious electrical switching behavior, which are much excelled individual components of PTCM and PbS nanowire arrays for realizing synergistic performance.
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