Highly hydrogen-sensitive SnO2 nanoscale-particle films with platinum electrodes

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-153

  Lu, Chi ^a   Chen, Zhi ^a   Singh, Vijay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

H2 sensing; Nanoscale particle; Pt electrode; Pt SnO2 interface; Schottky barrier height (SBH); SnO2 film; Thermal oxidation

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SIZE; CIRCUIT MODELS; CURRENT CHANGE; ELECTRON BEAM EVAPORATION; HIGH RESPONSE; HYDROGEN-SENSING; INTERDIGITAL; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALE PARTICLES; PARTICLE FILMS; PINCHOFF; PLATINUM ELECTRODES; PT ELECTRODE; RELATIVE RESPONSE; RESPONSE SPEED; SCHOTTKY; SCHOTTKY BARRIER HEIGHTS; SENSING MECHANISM; THERMAL OXIDATION;

ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDATION; PLATINUM; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR METAL BOUNDARIES; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

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EID: 77949914947     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2010.02.034     Document Type: Article

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