Synthesis of 1D Sn-doped ZnO hierarchical nanorods with enhanced gas sensing characteristics

Ceramics International

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 13676-13684

  Sinha, Sudip K ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL GLASS AND CERAMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

B. Electron microscopy; Chemical vapour transport; D. ZnO; E. Sensors

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEFECT DENSITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ETHANOL; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANORODS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SURFACE DEFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

CHEMICAL VAPOUR TRANSPORT; E. SENSORS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAS SENSING CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH-ANGLE ANNULAR DARK-FIELD IMAGES; NANOSTRUCTURED SENSORS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE NANORODS;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84939839338     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.07.166     Document Type: Article

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