Moisture sensor based on ZnO nanomaterial synthesized through oxalate route

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 216-222

  Yadav, B C ^a   Srivastava, Richa ^a   Dwivedi, C D ^a   Pramanik, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Annealing; Arrhenius; Humidity; Resistance; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL SENSORS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PYROLYSIS; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; SENSING ELEMENTS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 41449089693     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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