ZnO nanocrystals with a high percentage of exposed {4 2̄ 2̄ 3̄} reactive facets for enhanced gas sensing performance

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 186, Issue , 2013, Pages 286-292

  Su, Dawei ^a   Fu, Haitao ^b   Jiang, Xuchuan ^b   Wang, Guoxiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Faceted ZnO single crystal; Gas sensing; High surface energy

Indexed keywords

FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAS SENSING; HIGH SURFACE ENERGY; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION MICROSCOPIES; HYDROTHERMAL ROUTES; REACTIVE FACETS; SENSING MATERIAL; ZNO SINGLE CRYSTALS;

CHEMICAL DETECTION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; GAS DETECTORS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 84879974575     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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