Facile, size-controlled deposition of highly dispersed gold nanoparticles on nitrogen carbon nanotubes for hydrogen sensing

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1034-1042

  Sadek, Abu Z ^a   Bansal, Vipul ^a   McCulloch, Dougal G ^a   Spizzirri, Paul G ^b   Latham, Kay ^a   Lau, Desmond W M ^a   Hu, Zheng ^c   Kalantar Zadeh, Kourosh ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gold; Hydrogen sensors; Nanoparticles; Nitrogen carbon nanotubes (NCNTs)

Indexed keywords

APPLIED POTENTIALS; APPLIED VOLTAGES; AVERAGE SIZE; CONDUCTOMETRIC GAS SENSORS; DEPOSITION TIME; DISPERSION PROFILE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GRAPHITIC PHASIS; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH DENSITY; HYDROGEN SENSORS; HYDROGEN-SENSING; NITROGEN CARBON NANOTUBES (NCNTS); NITROGEN INCORPORATION; NITROGEN-DOPED; OUTER SURFACE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SERS ENHANCEMENT; SYNTHETIC AIR; XRD; XRD PATTERNS;

CARBON; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD DEPOSITS; HYDROGEN; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SENSORS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 81155148200     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.09.022     Document Type: Article

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