P-Type nitrogen-Doped ZnO nanostructures with controlled shape and doping level by facile microwave synthesis

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2230-2240

  Herring, Natalie P ^a   Panchakarla, Leela S ^a   El Shall, M Samy ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE HEATING; CONTROLLED MORPHOLOGY; ELECTRICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; INTERNAL TEMPERATURE RISE; MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS; RAPID DECOMPOSITION; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MIXTURES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); UREA; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84897734497     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la404593w     Document Type: Article

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