Improving the performance of catalytic combustion type methane gas sensors using nanostructure elements doped with rare earth cocatalysts

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-31

  Wang, Ying ^a,b   Tong, Min Ming ^a   Zhang, Dan ^b   Gao, Zhen ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catalytic combustion; Cerium; Methane gas sensor; Nanostructure elements

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; LANTHANIDE; METHANE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GAS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CATALYSIS; CERIUM; GASES; METALS, RARE EARTH; METHANE; NANOSTRUCTURES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79251649388     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110100019     Document Type: Article

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