The interaction of low NO2 concentrations in air with degenerate nanocrystalline tin dioxide thin films

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 93-98

  De Agapito, Juan A ^a   Santos, Jose P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adsorption model; Nanocrystalline thin film; NO2; Tin dioxide

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL METHODS; TIN COMPOUNDS;

OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE; POISSON EQUATION; POWER LAW BEHAVIOR; TIN DIOXIDE; VOLKENSTEIN ISOTHERM;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0030084028     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-4005(96)80022-0     Document Type: Article

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