Fabrication of highly sensitive chemi-sensor and efficient photocatalyst based on ZnO nanostructured material

Micro and Nanosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-46

  Faisal, M ^a   Khan, Sher Bahadar ^b   Rahman, Mohammed M ^b   Khan, A ^c   Muneer, M ^c   Abdullah, M M ^a  

^a NAJRAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetone sensor; Hydrothermal process; Optical properties; Photocatalytic activity; Structural properties; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

ACETONE SENSOR; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; LOWER DETECTION LIMIT; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; ZNO NANOROD;

ACETONE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84874922420     PISSN: 18764029     EISSN: 18764037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876402911305010008     Document Type: Article

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