Synthesis and properties of multipod-shaped ZnO nanorods for gas-sensor applications

Applied Physics A Solids and Surfaces - Tập 80 - Trang 1451-1454 - 2004
T. Gao1, T.H. Wang1
1Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Tóm tắt

We reported the synthesis and optical properties of ZnO nanorods with multipod shapes, and their applications as gas sensors. The multipod-shaped ZnO (M-ZnO ) nanorods, having tens of needle-like nanorods united at a common junction, exhibited different structural and optical characters from those of the tetrapod-shaped ZnO (T-ZnO) nanorods. Employing the M-ZnO and the T-ZnO nanorods, respectively, gas sensors were prepared and tested for the detection of ethanol in air. It was found that the M-ZnO devices had an improved sensing performance in comparison with that of the T-ZnO sensors, of which a possible sensing mechanism related to a surface reaction process was discussed.

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