Gas sensing properties of multiwall carbon nanotubes decorated with rhodium nanoparticles

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 974-980

  Leghrib, R ^a   Dufour, T ^b   Demoisson, F ^b,c   Claessens, N ^b   Reniers, F ^b   Llobet, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric plasma treatment; Colloidal solution; Gas sensors; Metal decorated carbon nanotubes; Rhodium nanoparticles; Room temperature gas sensing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA TREATMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PLASMAS; COLLOIDAL SOLUTIONS; GAS RESPONSE; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY; NANO-HYBRID MATERIALS; OXYGEN TREATMENT; PLASMA TREATMENT; POST-DISCHARGE; RESPONSE SATURATION; RHODIUM NANOPARTICLES; ROOM TEMPERATURE DETECTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE GAS SENSING;

ARGON; CARBON; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; GAS ADSORPTION; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; HYBRID MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; RHODIUM;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 81155155602     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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