Selective growth of ZnO nanorods on microgap electrodes and their applications in UV sensors

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Humayun, Qazi ^a   Kashif, Muhammad ^a   Hashim, Uda ^a   Qurashi, Ahsanulhaq ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Low power UV sensor; Microgap; Photocurrent; Photoresponse; Wet etching; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRODES; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOCURRENTS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; WET ETCHING; ZINC OXIDE;

MICRO GAPS; MICRO-GAP ELECTRODES; PATTERNED ELECTRODE; PHOTORESPONSES; RESPONSE AND RECOVERY TIME; SELECTIVE AREA GROWTH; UV SENSOR; ZNO NANOROD;

NANORODS;

EID: 84892532435     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-29     Document Type: Article

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