Self-assembled 3D ZnO porous structures with exposed reactive {0001} facets and their enhanced gas sensitivity

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 8445-8460

  Chang, Jin ^a   Ahmad, Muhammad Z ^b   Wlodarski, Wojtek ^b   Waclawik, Eric R ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gas sensors; Porous structure; Self assembly; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; PHOTOELECTRONS; POROSITY; SELF ASSEMBLY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FLOWER-LIKE STRUCTURES; HIGH SURFACE AREA; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; POROUS STRUCTURES; REACTION CONDITIONS; SENSING PERFORMANCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84879857901     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130708445     Document Type: Article

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