Effect of ammonia and zinc acetate precursor concentration on the morphology of ZnO nanorods and the performance of a ZnO photoelectrochemical cell

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 730-736

  Rahman, M Y A ^a   Umar, A A ^a   Taslim, R ^b   Salleh, M M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

^b Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Grain size; Precursor; Surface morphology; Surfactant; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894047191     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: 18756786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/15734137113099990094     Document Type: Article

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