Enhanced ethanol gas sensing properties of SnO2-core/ZnO-shell nanostructures

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 14586-14600

  Tharsika, T ^a   Haseeb, A S M A ^a   Akbar, Sheikh A ^b   Mohd Sabri, Mohd Faizul ^a   Hoong, Wong Yew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Core shell nanostructures; Ethanol gas sensor; Hierarchical nanostructures; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; GAS DETECTORS; NANOWIRES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; CARBON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONIZATION OF GASES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); THERMAL EVAPORATION;

CORE-SHELL NANOSTRUCTURES; ETHANOL GAS SENSORS; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; ZNO; CORE SHELL NANO STRUCTURES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; THERMAL EVAPORATION METHOD;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES); NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84908169133     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140814586     Document Type: Article

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