Effects of annealing environments on the solution-grown, aligned aluminium-doped zinc oxide nanorod-array-based ultraviolet photoconductive sensor

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mamat, Mohamad Hafiz ^a   Che Khalin, Mohd Izzudin ^a   Nik Mohammad, Nik Noor Hafizah ^a   Khusaimi, Zuraida ^a   Md Sin, Nor Diyana ^a   Shariffudin, Shafinaz Sobihana ^a   Mohamed Zahidi, Musa ^a   Mahmood, Mohamad Rusop ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AL-DOPED ZNO; ANNEALING ENVIRONMENT; AVERAGE DIAMETER; DECAY TIME CONSTANT; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INTERSTITIALS; METAL SEMICONDUCTOR METAL; NANOROD ARRAYS; OXYGEN ADSORPTION; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SENSORS; SEED LAYER; SURFACE CONDITIONS; ULTRA-VIOLET; ZINC OXIDE NANOROD ARRAYS;

ALUMINUM; ANNEALING; GAS ADSORPTION; METAL ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; SENSORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VACUUM; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

NANORODS;

EID: 84867877106     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/189279     Document Type: Article

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