Studies on acetone sensing characteristics of ZnO thin film prepared by sol–gel dip coating

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 673, Issue , 2016, Pages 138-143

  Muthukrishnan, Karthika ^a   Vanaraja, Manoj ^a   Boomadevi, Shanmugam ^b   Karn, Rakesh Kumar ^a   Singh, Vijay ^c   Singh, Pramod K ^d,e   Pandiyan, Krishnamoorthy ^a  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^d EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e SHARDA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetone gas sensor; Na CMC; Sol gel dip coating; Thin film; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FILM PREPARATION; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXIDE FILMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC COATINGS; ZINC OXIDE;

ACETONE GAS SENSORS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DIP COATING; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAS SENSING CHARACTERISTICS; RESPONSE/RECOVERY TIME; SODIUM CARBOXY METHYL CELLULOSE; ZINC OXIDE THIN FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

ACETONE; DIP COATING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84976619962     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.02.222     Document Type: Article

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