Tailoring the textured surface of porous nanostructured NiO thin films for the detection of pollutant gases

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 583, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 233-238

  Kumar, R ^a,b   Baratto, C ^a,b   Faglia, G ^a,b   Sberveglieri, G ^a,b   Bontempi, E ^b   Borgese, L ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gas sensor; Micro Raman spectroscopy; Nickel oxide; p Type semiconductor; Sensing response

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEPOSITION; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; METALS; NICKEL OXIDE; OZONE; POLLUTION; POLLUTION DETECTION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ABSTRACTING; BALLOONS; IONIZATION OF GASES; OXIDE FILMS;

DEPOSITION TEMPERATURES; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; MICRO RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; P TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR; RADIO FREQUENCY MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SENSING RESPONSE; SOLID STATE GAS SENSORS;

OXIDE FILMS; THIN FILMS;

EID: 84933041958     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2015.04.004     Document Type: Article

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