Controlled synthesis of ZnO nanostructures with assorted morphologies via simple solution chemistry

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 551, Issue , 2013, Pages 233-242

  Baviskar, Prashant Kishor ^a,c   Nikam, Pratibha Rajaram ^a   Gargote, Sandip Shankarrao ^b   Ennaoui, Ahmed ^c   Sankapal, Babasaheb Raghunath ^d  

^a NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b New Arts Commerce and Science College   (India)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d VISVESVARAYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Assorted morphologies; Low temperature annealing; Nanostructures; Simple solution chemistry; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MEDIUM; AS-DEPOSITED FILMS; BATH TEMPERATURES; COATED GLASS SUBSTRATES; CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; DEPOSITION TIME; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; LOW TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANOBEADS; NANOFLAKES; NANOSCALE DEVICE; PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS; PURE ZNO; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; SURFACE WETTABILITY; SYNTHESIS ROUTE; ZINC HYDROXIDE; ZNO; ZNO FILMS; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

ANNEALING; DEPOSITS; FLUORINE; MORPHOLOGY; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE; TIN; TIN OXIDES; ZINC;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84869883843     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2012.10.052     Document Type: Review

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