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Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 5/2014

01-05-2014

Synthesis and growth mechanism of CuO nanostructures and their gas sensing properties

Authors: Chenxi Wang, Wen Zeng, He Zhang, Yanqiong Li, Weigen Chen, Zhongchang Wang

Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics | Issue 5/2014

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Abstract

CuO nano-particles, nano-rods, nano-sheets and nano-flowers were synthesized by the hydrothermal routes with copper salts under different additions. The obtained samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. We investigated the effects of precursors on the formation of CuO with different morphologies and proposed their possible formation mechanisms. In addition, the obtained CuO nano-flowers are found to show better sensing performances than the other three low-dimensional CuO nanostructures. Our results also demonstrate that gas sensing properties of nanocrystals can be significantly improved by tailoring shape and morphology of the nanocrystals. The CuO nano-flowers may hold substantial promise in low-dimensional gas-sensing applications.

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Metadata
Title
Synthesis and growth mechanism of CuO nanostructures and their gas sensing properties
Authors
Chenxi Wang
Wen Zeng
He Zhang
Yanqiong Li
Weigen Chen
Zhongchang Wang
Publication date
01-05-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Issue 5/2014
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Electronic ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-014-1837-y

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