Facile approach to synthesize Au@ZnO core-shell nanoparticles and their application for highly sensitive and selective gas sensors

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 9462-9468

  Majhi, Sanjit Manohar ^a   Rai, Prabhakar ^b   Yu, Yeon Tae ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Au@ZnO; core shell nanoparticles; H2< inf>; Schottky junction; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; GOLD ALLOYS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES; ELECTRONIC SENSITIZATION; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; LOW TEMPERATURE SOLUTIONS; SCHOTTKY JUNCTIONS; SENSITIVITY; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; ZNO;

GOLD;

EID: 84929378691     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00055     Document Type: Article

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