Facile template-free hydrothermal fabrication of ZnO hollow microspheres for gas sensing applications

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 16465-16473

  Sun, Hongming ^a,b   Wang, Limin ^a,b   Chu, Deqing ^a,b   Ma, Zhongchao ^a   Wang, Aoxuan ^a   Zheng, Yangjun ^a   Wang, Longxiang ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Hollow Fiber Membrane Materials and Processes   (China)

Author keywords

D. ZnO; E. Sensors; Hollow microspheres; Hydrothermal; Ostwald ripening

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; GAS DETECTORS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MICROSPHERES; OSTWALD RIPENING; OXIDE MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSIONS; ZINC OXIDE;

AVERAGE DIAMETER; E. SENSORS; GAS SENSING APPLICATIONS; HOLLOW MICROSPHERE; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL FABRICATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL ROUTES; WORKING TEMPERATURES;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84907856207     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.07.156     Document Type: Article

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