Characterization of gas sensing behavior of multi walled carbon nanotube polyaniline composite films

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 8444-8450

  Srivastava, Subodh ^a   Sharma, S S ^a,b   Kumar, Sumit ^a   Agrawal, Shweta ^a   Singh, M ^a   Vijay, Y K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b GOVT WOMEN ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrogen gas sensing; Multiwall carbon nanotube (MWNT); Polyaniline (PANI); X ray diffraction (XRD)

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM PERSULFATE; CHEMICAL OXIDATIVE POLYMERIZATION; COATED GLASS SUBSTRATES; COMPOSITE THIN FILMS; DOPED POLYANILINE; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; EMERALDINE SALT; GAS SENSING BEHAVIOR; GAS SENSITIVITY; HYDROGEN GAS; HYDROGEN GAS PRESSURE; HYDROGEN GAS SENSING; IN-SITU; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; MULTIWALL CARBON NANOTUBE (MWNT); POLYANILINE COMPOSITES; SOLUTION MIXING; SPIN CAST; SULFONIC ACID; X-RAY DIFFRACTION (XRD);

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; DIFFRACTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GAS DETECTORS; GASES; HYDROGEN; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POLYANILINE; SPIN GLASS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 70349208458     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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