Influence of hydrothermal synthesis conditions and device configuration on the photoresponse of UV sensors based on ZnO nanorods

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1820-1825

  Savu, Raluca ^a   Parra, Rodrigo ^a,b   Jančar, Boštjan ^c   Zaghete, Maria Aparecida ^a   Joanni, Ednan ^d  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencia y Tecnologia de Materiales   (Argentina)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d Centro de Tecnologia da Informacao Renato Archer   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cooling rate; hydrothermal synthesis; nanorods; UV photodetectors; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

COOLING RATES; CRYSTALLINITIES; CURRENT CHANGE; DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE; FOUR-ORDER; GROWTH DIRECTIONS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; IN-SITU; NANO-STRUCTURED LAYER; NANORODS GROWN; NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS; OXIDIZED SILICON SUBSTRATES; PHOTORESPONSES; POWDER MATERIAL; QUENCHING PROCESS; REACTION VESSEL; SENSITIVE LAYERS; SPIN-COATED FILMS; SYNTHESIS TIME; UV PHOTODETECTORS; UV SENSOR; UV-SENSING; ZINC OXIDE NANORODS; ZNO NANOROD;

COOLING; NANORODS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; OXIDE FILMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON OXIDES; SPIN COATING; SUBSTRATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79960973799     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2105261     Document Type: Article

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