Nanonails structured ferric oxide thick film as room temperature liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sensor

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1960-1966

  Yadav, B C ^a   Singh, Satyendra ^a   Yadav, Anuradha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Arrhenius plot; Sensitivity; Surface morphology; Tauc plot; Thick film sensors

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARRHENIUS PLOTS; CHARACTERIZATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; IRON OXIDES; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; OXIDE FILMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCREEN PRINTING; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THICK FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BOROSILICATE GLASS SUBSTRATES; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG); MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; RESPONSE AND RECOVERY TIME; SENSITIVITY; TAUC PLOTS; THICK FILM SENSORS; UV-VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETER;

BOROSILICATE GLASS;

EID: 78650268970     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.09.035     Document Type: Article

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