Equivalence between thermal and room temperature UV light-modulated responses of gas sensors based on individual SnO2 nanowires

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 337-341

  Prades, J D ^a   Jimenez Diaz, R ^a   Hernandez Ramirez, F ^b   Barth, S ^c   Cirera, A ^a   Romano Rodriguez, A ^a   Mathur, S ^c,d   Morante, J R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Electronic Nanosystems S L   (Spain)

^c INM LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEW MATERIALS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gas Sensor; Metal oxide; Monocrystalline; Nanowire; Photoactivation; SnO2

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649479231     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.04.070     Document Type: Letter

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