Analysis of the conductance transient in thick-film tin oxide gas sensors

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-180

  Vilanova, Xavier ^a   Llobet, Eduard ^a   Alcubilla, Ramón ^b   Sueiras, Jesús E ^a   Correig, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conductance transient; Diffusion reaction model; Porosity; Thick films; Tin oxide

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POROSITY; SEMICONDUCTING TIN COMPOUNDS; THICK FILM DEVICES; VAPORS;

GAS VAPOR RECOGNITION; NONLINEAR DIFFUSION REACTION MODEL; TAGUCHI TGS822 SENSOR;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0030100970     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-4005(96)80063-3     Document Type: Article

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