Smaller is faster and more sensitive: The effect of wire size on the detection of hydrogen by single palladium nanowires

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 5233-5244

  Yang, Fan ^a   Kung, Sheng Chin ^a   Cheng, Ming ^a   Hemminger, John C ^a   Penner, Reginald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

electrodeposition; hydride; hydrogen; palladium; sensor

Indexed keywords

FOUR-POINT; HYDROGEN ADSORPTION; HYDROGEN DESORPTION; HYDROGEN GAS; LATERAL DIMENSION; MEAN GRAIN DIAMETER; PALLADIUM NANOWIRES; PROTON DIFFUSION; RECOVERY RATE; RECOVERY TIME; RESPONSE AMPLITUDES; RESPONSE RATE; SURFACE AREA/VOLUME RATIO; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; WIRE SIZE; XPS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; DESORPTION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; GAS ADSORPTION; HYDROGEN; PALLADIUM; RECOVERY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 77957317304     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn101475c     Document Type: Article

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