Controlled synthesis of ZnO hollow microspheres via precursor-template method and its gas sensing property

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 8431-8438

  Tian, Yu ^a   Li, Jinchai ^b   Xiong, Hui ^a   Dai, Jiangnan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ethanol sensing; Gas sensor; Precursor template; Thermal evaporation; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; ETHANOL; GAS DETECTORS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MICROSPHERES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPHERES; THERMAL EVAPORATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENT SURFACE MORPHOLOGIES; ETHANOL SENSING; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; HIGH REPRODUCIBILITY; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PRECURSOR TEMPLATE; THERMAL EVAPORATION METHOD;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84863508290     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.12.090     Document Type: Article

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