Self-gating effect induced large performance improvement of ZnO nanocomb gas sensors

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 9318-9324

  Pan, Xiaofang ^a   Liu, Xi ^a   Bermak, Amine ^a   Fan, Zhiyong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

device simulation; gas sensor; hierarchical structure; nanocomb; self gating effect

Indexed keywords

DEVICE SIMULATIONS; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; NANOCOMBS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; RESISTIVE GAS SENSORS; SELF-GATING; SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; GAS DETECTORS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

NANOBELTS;

EID: 84887012041     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4040074     Document Type: Article

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