Controllable defect redistribution of ZnO nanopyramids with exposed {1011} facets for enhanced gas sensing performance

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 308-317

  Wang, Zhihua ^a   Xue, Jie ^a   Han, Dongmei ^a   Gu, Fubo ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

crystal facet; gas sensing; nanopyramid; surface defect; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

AGING TEMPERATURES; CRYSTAL FACETS; GAS SENSING; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; NANOPYRAMID; SENSING PERFORMANCE; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; ZNO;

SURFACE DEFECTS;

EID: 84921302086     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am506206c     Document Type: Article

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