Practical aspects in design of one-electrode semiconductor gas sensors: Status report

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 664-678

  Korotcenkov, G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MOLDOVA   (Moldova)

Author keywords

Advantages and disadvantages; Design and fabrication; One electrode semiconductor gas sensors; Optimization; Parameters; Peculiarities

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLID STATE DEVICE STRUCTURES;

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES; DESIGN AND FABRICATION; ONE-ELECTRODE SEMICONDUCTOR GAS SENSORS; PECULIARITIES;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 33846576123     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2006.04.092     Document Type: Review

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