Effect of nickel doping on structural, optical, electrical and ethanol sensing properties of spray deposited nanostructured ZnO thin films

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 7993-8001

  Muniyandi, Indumathy ^a   Mani, Ganesh Kumar ^a   Shankar, Prabakaran ^a   Rayappan, John Bosco Balaguru ^a  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

A. Films; C. Electrical properties; D. ZnO; E. Sensors

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEPOSITS; ETHANOL; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; METALLIC FILMS; NICKEL; OPTICAL FILMS; ORGANOMETALLICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC SULFIDE;

DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; E. SENSORS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NICKEL ACETATE TETRAHYDRATE; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; ZINC ACETATE DIHYDRATE; ZNO;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84897450819     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.12.150     Document Type: Article

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