The superior performance of the electrochemically grown ZnO thin films as methane sensor

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 357-363

  Basu, P K ^a   Bhattacharyya, P ^b   Saha, N ^a   Saha, H ^a   Basu, S ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Electrochemical anodization; Methane sensing; MIM configuration; Nanoporous ZnO; Pd Ag (26 ) and Rh catalytic metal contacts

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; METALLIC FILMS; METALLIZING; METALS; METHANE; MIM DEVICES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FILMS; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RECOVERY; REDUCTION; RHODIUM; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SENSORS; SILVER; SOLIDS; THICK FILMS; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION; ZINC; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE;

CATALYTIC METALS; DIFFERENT TYPES; ELECTRO-CHEMICAL DEPOSITION (ECD); GAS RESPONSE; GAS SENSORS; HIGH-PURITY; METAL INSULATOR METAL (MIM); METAL OXIDE SENSORS; METHANE SENSORS; NANO POROUS; OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE; OXALIC ACID ELECTROLYTE; PT CATHODE; RECOVERY TIME; REFERENCE ELECTRODE (RE); RESPONSE TIME; SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE; ULTRAVIOLET (UV) LIGHT; ZNO THIN FILMS;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 47649086883     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2008.02.035     Document Type: Article

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