Ni-doped ZnO nanorods gas sensor: Enhanced gas-sensing properties, AC and DC electrical behaviors

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 199, Issue , 2014, Pages 403-409

  Xu, Mengmeng ^a   Li, Qang ^a   Ma, Yuan ^a   Fan, Huiqing ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AC impedance spectroscopy; Current voltage curve; Doping; Gas sensing; ZnO

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NANORODS; NICKEL; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AC IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY; GAS SENSING; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MORPHOLOGY AND COMPOSITION; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84899818129     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2014.03.108     Document Type: Article

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