A study on the sensing of NO2 and O2 utilizing ZnO films grown by aerosol spray pyrolysis

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 162, Issue , 2015, Pages 628-639

  Mhlongo, G H ^a   Motaung, D E ^a   Kortidis, I ^b   Mathe, N R ^a   Ntwaeaborwa, O M ^c   Swart, H C ^c   Mwakikunga, B W ^a   Ray, S S ^a   Kiriakidis, G ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Nanostructures; Oxides; Thin films

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DEPOSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; FILM PREPARATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; ION BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; METALLIC FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDES; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

AEROSOL SPRAY PYROLYSIS; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCES (EPR); FOCUSED ION BEAM-SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; MORPHOLOGY TRANSITIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; OPTICAL BAND GAP ENERGY; STRUCTURAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84938742480     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2015.06.036     Document Type: Article

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