Tailoring ZnO nanostructures by spray pyrolysis and thermal annealing

Ceramics International

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 5205-5211

  Tharsika, T ^a   Haseeb, A S M A ^a   Akbar, S A ^b   Thanihaichelvan, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Nanorod; Spray pyrolysis; Structural properties; Thermal annealing; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MIXTURES; NANORODS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TIN; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; ZINC; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

ANNEALED TEMPERATURE; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; HEXAGONAL PYRAMIDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; THERMAL-ANNEALING; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; ZNO; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

EID: 84922928834     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.12.062     Document Type: Article

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