Enhancement of NH 3 sensing performance in flower-like ZnO nanostructures and their growth mechanism

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 357, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-36

  Zhang, Yu ^a   Liu, Tianmo ^a   Hao, Jinghua ^a   Lin, Liyang ^a,b   Zeng, Wen ^a   Peng, Xianghe ^a   Wang, Zhongchang ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gas sensor; Nanoflowers; Single crystalline; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GAS DETECTORS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOPARTICLES; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

GAS SENSING APPLICATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; SENSING PERFORMANCE; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; UNIQUE MORPHOLOGIES; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

NANOFLOWERS;

EID: 84949510105     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.08.170     Document Type: Article

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