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Anomalous photoconductivity of cobalt-doped zinc oxide nanobelts in air

  • Liang Peng
  • , Jia Li Zhai
  • , De Jun Wang
  • , Ping Wang
  • , Yu Zhang
  • , Shan Pang
  • , Teng Feng Xie*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • College of Chemistry

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Abstract

The decrease of photoconductivity from 1.3 to 0.25 μA in ambient air or in water vapor atmosphere has been observed when the cobalt-doped zinc oxide nanobelts are irradiated with 630 nm light. This kind of negative photoconductivity is attributed to the photodesorption of water molecules from nanobelts' surface, and the mechanism was discussed. This result supplies a potential method to detect water vapor with a low concentration in environment. Crown

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)231-235
Number of pages5
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume456
Issue number4-6
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 May 2008
Externally publishedYes

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