Instability of metal oxide-based conductometric gas sensors and approaches to stability improvement (short survey)

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 527-538

  Korotcenkov, G ^a   Cho, B K ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conductometric type; Factors influencing; Gas sensors; Improvement; Instability; Metal oxides; Parameters

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTOMETRICS; FACTORS INFLUENCING; IMPROVEMENT; METAL OXIDES; PARAMETERS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLID STATE DEVICES; STABILITY;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 79958127427     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.02.024     Document Type: Review

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