Selective detection of formaldehyde gas using a Cd-Doped TiO2-SnO2 sensor

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 9029-9038

  Zeng, Wen ^a,b   Liu, Tianmo ^a   Wang, Zhongchang ^b   Tsukimoto, Susumu ^b   Saito, Mitsuhiro ^b   Ikuhara, Yuichi ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cd doping; Formaldehyde; Gas sensor; TiO2 SnO2; Volatile organic compound

Indexed keywords

GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; MAXIMUM SENSITIVITY; RESPONSE AND RECOVERY TIME; SELECTIVE DETECTION; SENSOR MATERIALS; TIO; WORKING TEMPERATURES;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; FORMALDEHYDE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; SENSORS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GASES;

EID: 70849120087     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s91109029     Document Type: Article

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