Working mechanism of an ethanol filter for selective high-temperature methane gas sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 354-359

  Wiesner, Kerstin ^a   Knözinger, Helmut ^b   Fleischer, Maximilian ^a   Meixner, Hans ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalyst; Ethanol filter; Gallium oxide; Methane sensor; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ETHANOL; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS;

ETHANOL FILTERS; GALLIUM OXIDE; METHANE SENSORS; SELECTIVITY;

THIN FILM DEVICES;

EID: 27744592153     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2002.802251     Document Type: Article

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