Study on Ni-doped ZnO films as gas sensors

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 280, Issue , 2013, Pages 598-604

  Rambu, A P ^a   Ursu, L ^b   Iftimie, N ^c   Nica, V ^a   Dobromir, M ^a   Iacomi, F ^a  

^a ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b PETRU PONI INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Gas sensitivity; Microstructure; Ni doped zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; METALLIC FILMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NICKEL COATINGS; ORGANOMETALLICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC COATINGS; ZINC OXIDE;

GAS SENSITIVITY; N ,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; NI-DOPED; NICKEL ACETATE; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; POLYCRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; SPIN-COATED FILMS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

NICKEL OXIDE;

EID: 84879690808     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.05.033     Document Type: Article

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