Flame-spray-made undoped zinc oxide films for gas sensing applications

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 7863-7873

  Tamaekong, Nittaya ^a   Liewhiran, Chaikarn ^a   Wisitsoraat, Anurat ^b   Phanichphant, Sukon ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Thailand)

Author keywords

C2H5OH; Flame spray pyrolysis; Gas sensor; NO2; SO2; Undoped ZnO

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIAMETER; C2H5OH; GAS SENSING APPLICATIONS; HEXAGONAL PARTICLES; RESISTANCE VARIATIONS; SO2; WORKING TEMPERATURES; ZNO;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; FLAME SPRAYING; GAS DETECTORS; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDE FILMS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

NANOMATERIAL; NANOTUBE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 77957240454     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100807863     Document Type: Article

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