Polarity in ZnO nanowires: A critical issue for piezotronic and piezoelectric devices

V Consonni, AM Lord - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The polar and piezoelectric nature of the wurtzite structure of ZnO nanowires with a high
aspect ratio at nanoscale dimensions is of high interest for piezotronic and piezoelectric …

Boosting the piezoelectric coefficients of flexible dynamic strain sensors made of chemically-deposited ZnO nanowires using compensatory Sb doping

J Villafuerte, X Zhang, E Sarigiannidou, F Donatini… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The piezoelectric devices made of ZnO nanowires have received a great interest in the past
decade as potential nanogenerators and sensors. However, their characteristics are still …

Analog-to-digital and self-rectifying resistive switching behavior based on flower-like δ-MnO2

S Mao, B Sun, G Zhou, Y Yang, H Zhao, Y Zhou… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Memristors can be divided into two types, analog and digital, according to the characteristics
of current gradients and sudden changes. It is particularly important to realize analog and …

Enhanced photocatalytic activity of chemically deposited ZnO nanowires using doping and annealing strategies for water remediation

P Gaffuri, T Dedova, E Appert, M Danilson… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water pollution represents one of the most challenging ecological threats humankind faces
nowadays, resulting in the fast growing development of the heterogeneous photocatalysis …

Low-temperature growth of ZnO nanowires from gravure-printed ZnO nanoparticle seed layers for flexible piezoelectric devices

AJL Garcia, G Sico, M Montanino, V Defoor, M Pusty… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires (NWs) are excellent candidates for the fabrication of energy
harvesters, mechanical sensors, and piezotronic and piezophototronic devices. In order to …

Dimensional roadmap for maximizing the piezoelectrical response of ZnO nanowire-based transducers: impact of growth method

AJL Garcia, M Mouis, V Consonni, G Ardila - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
ZnO nanowires are excellent candidates for energy harvesters, mechanical sensors,
piezotronic and piezophototronic devices. The key parameters governing the general …

Chemical bath deposition of ZnO nanowires using copper nitrate as an additive for compensating doping

C Lausecker, B Salem, X Baillin… - Inorganic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The controlled incorporation of dopants like copper into ZnO nanowires (NWs) grown by
chemical bath deposition (CBD) is still challenging despite its critical importance for the …

Cold plasma treatment of ZnO: Er nano-and microrods: The effect on luminescence and defects creation

M Buryi, Z Remeš, V Babin, A Artemenko… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effect of hydrogen and oxygen plasma treatment has been studied in erbium doped zinc
oxide (ZnO: Er) nano-and microrods synthesized by the hydrothermal growth. It has been …

[HTML][HTML] Synergy of indium doping and hydrogenation for good-performance and high-mobility ZnO electrode films

ATT Pham, TTT Phan, TH Nguyen, D Van Hoang… - Journal of Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
We successfully synthesized hydrogenated In-doped ZnO films with a low resistivity of 5×
10− 4 Ωcm and a good transmittance of 80% in the visible region. Furthermore, the electron …

Evidence of piezoelectric potential and screening effect in single highly doped ZnO: Ga and ZnO: Al nanowires by advanced scanning probe microscopy

O Synhaivskyi, D Albertini, P Gaffuri… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A complete study based on advanced atomic force microscopy electrical mode called
scanning spreading resistance microscopy (SSRM) is carried out on a series of samples of …