Fabrication of ultraviolet photoconductive sensor using a novel aluminium-doped zinc oxide nanorod-nanoflake network thin film prepared via ultrasonic-assisted sol-gel and immersion methods

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-247

  Mamat, M H ^a   Khusaimi, Z ^a   Musa, M Z ^a   Malek, M F ^a   Rusop, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Nanoflake; Nanorods; Semiconductors; Sol gel preparation; Thin films; UV sensor; ZnO

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; AL-DOPED ZNO; CRYSTALLINITIES; FABRICATED SENSORS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; IMMERSION METHOD; METAL SEMICONDUCTOR METAL; NANOFLAKE; NANOROD ARRAYS; NOVEL STRUCTURES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SENSORS; PHOTOCURRENT CURVES; RESPONSIVITY; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ROUGHNESS; SEED LAYER; SOL-GEL PREPARATION; ULTRA-VIOLET; UV SENSOR; UV-SENSING; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD;

ALUMINUM; GELS; METALLIC FILMS; NANORODS; OPTICAL FILMS; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; SENSORS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 80055049705     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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