α-Iron oxide: An intrinsically semiconducting oxide material for direct thermoelectric oxygen sensors

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 685-690

  Rettig, Frank ^a   Moos, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fe2O3; Gas sensor; Seebeck; Thermoelectric; Thermopower

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; CONDUCTOMETRICS; GAS SENSORS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; INTRINSIC BEHAVIOR; MEASURAND; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OXIDE MATERIALS; OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE; SEEBECK; SELF-DIAGNOSTICS; SEMICONDUCTING OXIDE; SENSITIVE MATERIALS; SRTIO; TEMPERATURE MODULATION; THERMOELECTRIC GAS SENSORS; THERMOPOWERS;

GAS DETECTORS; GASES; IRON OXIDES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN SENSORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SENSORS;

EID: 77949282610     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2010.01.023     Document Type: Article

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