Networks of ultrasmall Pd/Cr nanowires as high performance hydrogen sensors

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 7443-7452

  Zeng, Xiao Qiao ^a,b   Wang, Yong Lei ^a,b   Deng, Henry ^c   Latimer, Michael L ^a,b   Xiao, Zhi Li ^a,b   Pearson, John ^a   Xu, Tao ^a,b   Wang, Hsien Hau ^a   Welp, Ulrich ^a   Crabtree, George W ^a,d   Kwok, Wai Kwong ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

chromium; hydrogen sensor; nanowire; network; palladium

Indexed keywords

ADHESION LAYER; FILTRATION MEMBRANES; HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEN DETECTION; HYDROGEN SENSOR; PALLADIUM NANOWIRES; PD HYDRIDES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SURFACE AREA; THIN LAYERS; ULTRA-SMALL; VOLUME RATIO;

ADHESION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHROMIUM; HYDROGEN; MICROFILTRATION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PALLADIUM;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 80053304545     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2023717     Document Type: Article

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