Single-walled carbon nanotube/Nafion composites as methanol sensors

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 787-792

  Lee, Kyongsoo ^a,b   Lee, Jin Woo ^c   Kim, Seong Il ^b   Ju, Byeong Kwon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; CASTING METHOD; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; DIRECT FUEL CELLS; INTER-DIGITATED ELECTRODES; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; METHANOL SENSORS; NAFION COMPOSITE; POLYMER BACKBONES; RESISTANCE INCREASE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON;

CARBON FILMS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FUEL CELLS; METHANOL; POLYMER FILMS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 78650236553     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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