Hydrothermal synthesis of various hierarchical ZnO nanostructures and their methane sensing properties

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 6171-6182

  Zhou, Qu ^a   Chen, Weigen ^a   Xu, Lingna ^a   Peng, Shudi ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Electric Power Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Growth mechanism; Hierarchical nanostructures; Methane; Sensing properties; ZnO gas sensor

Indexed keywords

FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAS SENSING CHARACTERISTICS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; HYDROCARBON CONTAMINANTS; RESPONSE-RECOVERY TIME; SENSING PROPERTY; ZNO GAS SENSOR;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; FAULT DETECTION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; GAS DETECTORS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; METHANE; NANOFIBERS; NANORODS; OIL FILLED TRANSFORMERS; POWER TRANSFORMERS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84878035944     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130506171     Document Type: Article

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