Humidity sensors based on ZnO/TiO2 core/shell nanorod arrays with enhanced sensitivity

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Gu, Leilei ^a   Zheng, Kaibo ^a   Zhou, Ying ^b   Li, Juan ^a   Mo, Xiaoliang ^a   Patzke, Greta R ^b   Chen, Guorong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Core shell materials; Humidity sensors; Nanorod arrays; ZnO TiO2

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED ARRAYS; ANATASE TIO; COMPLEX IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; CORE/SHELL; CORE/SHELL MATERIALS; EMISSION MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ENHANCED SENSITIVITY; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HUMIDITY SENSITIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; NANOROD ARRAYS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TIO; ZNO NANOROD; ZNO/TIO;

CAPACITANCE; CHARACTERIZATION; COATED MATERIALS; HUMIDITY SENSORS; HYDROPHILICITY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

NANORODS;

EID: 80052321036     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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