Quasi-one dimensional metal oxide semiconductors: Preparation, characterization and application as chemical sensors

E Comini, C Baratto, G Faglia, M Ferroni… - Progress in Materials …, 2009 - Elsevier
The continuous evolution of nanotechnology in these years led to the production of quasi-
one dimensional (Q1D) structures in a variety of morphologies such as nanowires, core …

Oxygen vacancy induced band gap narrowing of ZnO nanostructures by an electrochemically active biofilm

SA Ansari, MM Khan, S Kalathil, A Nisar, J Lee… - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Band gap narrowing is important and advantageous for potential visible light photocatalytic
applications involving metal oxide nanostructures. This paper reports a simple biogenic …

Structural, FTIR and photoluminescence studies of Cu doped ZnO nanopowders by co-precipitation method

S Muthukumaran, R Gopalakrishnan - Optical Materials, 2012 - Elsevier
Cu doped ZnO (Zn1− xCuxO, x= 0, 0.02, 0.04 and 0.06) nanopowders have been
synthesized by co-precipitation method and annealed at 500° C for 2h under Ar atmosphere …

Improved photocatalytic activity of Sr doped SnO2 nanoparticles: a role of oxygen vacancy

A Ahmed, MN Siddique, U Alam, T Ali, P Tripathi - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Metal do** into semiconductor metal oxides has been considered to be an effective
method to improve photocatalytic activity owing to its advantage in tuning the electronic …

Structural, optical and EPR studies on ZnO: Cu nanopowders prepared via low temperature solution combustion synthesis

AJ Reddy, MK Kokila, H Nagabhushana… - Journal of alloys and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Cu (0.1 mol%) doped ZnO nanopowders have been successfully synthesized by a wet
chemical method at a relatively low temperature (300° C). Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) …

Visible light sensitive Cu doped ZnO: facile synthesis, characterization and high photocatalytic response

KV Chandekar, M Shkir, BM Al-Shehri, S AlFaify… - Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The different concentrations of 0.0, 1.0, 2.5 and 5.0 wt% Cu-doped ZnO (Cu@ ZnO)
nanoparticles (NPs) have been synthesized for opto-photocatalytic applications by a facile …

The kinetics of the hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanostructures

MNR Ashfold, RP Doherty, NG Ndifor-Angwafor… - Thin Solid Films, 2007 - Elsevier
The immersion of a material, seeded with ZnO nanoparticles, in an aqueous solution of Zn
(NO3) 2 and hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) at 90° C yields an extended array of one …

High temperature ferromagnetism and optical properties of Co doped ZnO nanoparticles

B Pal, PK Giri - Journal of applied physics, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the occurrence of high temperature ferromagnetism (FM) in ZnO nanoparticles
(NPs) doped with Co-atoms. ZnO NPs of two different initial sizes are doped with 3% and 5 …

Defect assisted improved room temperature ferromagnetism in Ce doped SnO2 nanoparticles

A Ahmed, MN Siddique, T Ali, P Tripathi - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present work, pure and Ce doped SnO 2 have been prepared via sol-gel method and
the effect of Ce do** on the structural, optical and magnetic properties of SnO 2 are …

A high-sensitivity room-temperature hydrogen gas sensor based on oblique and vertical ZnO nanorod arrays

JJ Hassan, MA Mahdi, CW Chin, H Abu-Hassan… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2013 - Elsevier
The high surface area to volume ratio, the networks connections of vertically and oblique
nanorod arrays, and the absence of seed layer, were the key factors responsible for the high …