Hydrogen sensing characteristics of Pt/TiO2/MWCNTs composites

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1842-1851

  De Luca, L ^a   Donato, A ^a   Santangelo, S ^a   Faggio, G ^a   Messina, G ^a   Donato, N ^b   Neri, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hybrid composites; Hydrogen sensor; MWCNTs; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ANATASE PHASE; CERAMIC SUBSTRATES; COMPOSITE SAMPLES; CURRENT FLOWS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; HYBRID COMPOSITES; HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEN MOLECULE; HYDROGEN SENSING PROPERTIES; HYDROGEN SENSOR; HYDROGEN-SENSING; MICRO RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; MOLAR RATIO; MWCNTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PREFERENTIAL PATHWAYS; PT NANOPARTICLES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE LAYERS; TEMPERATURE INTERVALS; TIO; TITANIA;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHEMISORPTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; HYDROGEN; PLATINUM; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84855655319     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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