Direct Growth of Freestanding ZnO Tetrapod Networks for Multifunctional Applications in Photocatalysis, UV Photodetection, and Gas Sensing

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 26, 2015, Pages 14303-14316

  Mishra, Yogendra Kumar ^a   Modi, Gaurav ^a,b   Cretu, Vasilii ^c   Postica, Vasile ^c   Lupan, Oleg ^a,c   Reimer, Tim ^a,d   Paulowicz, Ingo ^a   Hrkac, Viktor ^a   Benecke, Wolfgang ^d   Kienle, Lorenz ^a   Adelung, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MOLDOVA   (Moldova)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SILICON TECHNOLOGY ISIT   (Germany)

Author keywords

freestanding ZnO tetrapods; nanoarm; network based nanoelectronic device; photocatalysis; UV photodetection and gas sensing

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DEGRADATION; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MORPHOLOGY; NANOELECTRONICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODETECTORS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GAS SENSING; NANOARM; NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOLORIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) SHAPES; ZNO TETRAPODS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84936865434     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02816     Document Type: Article

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