Point defects assisted NH3 gas sensing properties in ZnO nanostructures

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 212, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-17

  Sundara Venkatesh, P ^a,b   Dharmaraj, P ^a   Purushothaman, V ^a,c   Ramakrishnan, V ^d   Jeganathan, K ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Sri S Ramasamy Naidu Memorial College   (India)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

NH3 gas sensor; Point defects; Raman scattering; Sputtering; ZnO nanostructures

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CHEMICAL DETECTION; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXYGEN; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POINT DEFECTS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SPUTTERING; SURFACE DEFECTS; ZINC OXIDE;

ADSORPTION AND DESORPTIONS; ARGON SPUTTERING; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; RADIO FREQUENCY MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84922994501     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.01.070     Document Type: Article

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