Luminance behavior of lithium-doped ZnO nanowires with p-type conduction characteristics

Won Bae Ko1, Jun Seok Lee, Sang Hyo Lee

  • 1Novel Functional Materials and Device Laboratory, Department of Physics, Research Institute for Natural Science, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea.

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