Role of the exposed polar facets in the performance of thermally and UV activated ZnO nanostructured gas sensors

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 17850-17858

  Alenezi, Mohammad R ^a   Alshammari, Abdullah S ^a   Jayawardena, K D G I ^a   Beliatis, Michail J ^a   Henley, Simon J ^a   Silva, S R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; METAL OXIDE GAS SENSORS; SENSITIVITY VALUES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; SURFACE POLARITIES; THERMAL ACTIVATION PROCESS; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

ACETONE; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ETHANOL; NANOWIRES; ZINC OXIDE;

GAS DETECTORS;

EID: 84883436337     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4061895     Document Type: Article

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