Gas-sensing performance enhancement in ZnO nanostructures by hierarchical morphology

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 166-167, Issue , 2012, Pages 492-499

  Guo, Weiwei ^a   Liu, Tianmo ^a   Zhang, Hejing ^a   Sun, Rong ^b   Chen, Yong ^a   Zeng, Wen ^a   Wang, Zhongchang ^c  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Architectures; Ethanol; Gas sensor; Hydrothermal; ZnO nanostructures

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; FLOWER-LIKE; GAS RESPONSE; GAS SENSING; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURES; HIERARCHICAL MORPHOLOGY; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; ON-SITE DETECTION; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; RECOVERY TIME; SODIUM CITRATE; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

ARCHITECTURE; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ETHANOL; GASES; SODIUM; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOFLOWERS;

EID: 84861194366     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.02.093     Document Type: Article

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