High-performance, low-power, and flexible ultraviolet photodetector based on crossed ZnO microwires p-n homojunction

Shulin Sha; Kai Tang; Maosheng Liu; Peng Wan; Chenyang Zhu; Daning Shi; Caixia Kan; Mingming Jiang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.505839

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