Structural and optical properties of ZnO nanostructures grown by aerosol spray pyrolysis: Candidates for room temperature methane and hydrogen gas sensing

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 279, Issue , 2013, Pages 142-149

  Motaung, D E ^a   Mhlongo, G H ^a   Kortidis, I ^c   Nkosi, S S ^a,b   Malgas, G F ^a   Mwakikunga, B W ^a   Ray, S Sinha ^a   Kiriakidis, G ^a,d  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gas sensing; Semiconducting metal oxides; Spray pyrolysis; ZnO

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; FILM GROWTH; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; GASES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; ION BEAMS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; METALLIC FILMS; METHANE; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

AEROSOL SPRAY PYROLYSIS; COLUMNAR STRUCTURES; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; FOCUSED ION BEAM-SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; GAS SENSING; HYDROGEN GAS SENSING; SEMI-CONDUCTING METAL OXIDES; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84878591009     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.04.056     Document Type: Article

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