Humidity sensing properties of KCl-doped ZnO nanofibers with super-rapid response and recovery

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 649-655

  Qi, Qi ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a,b   Wang, Shujuan ^a   Zheng, Xuejun ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical sensors; Humidity sensors; KCl; Nanofibers; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC CAPACITORS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; HUMIDITY SENSORS; MOISTURE; NANOFIBERS; PALLADIUM; PRINTING PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SILVER; ZINC OXIDE;

CERAMIC SUBSTRATES; DOPED-ZNO; ELECTROSPINNING METHODS; HIGH RESPONSE; HUMIDITY SENSING PROPERTIES; INTER-DIGITATED ELECTRODES; KCL; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RAPID RESPONSE; RECOVERY TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPONSE TIME; SCREEN-PRINTING; SEM; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; ZNO;

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

EID: 62749183395     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.01.042     Document Type: Article

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