Fast and highly-sensitive hydrogen sensing of Nb2O5 nanowires at room temperature

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 4526-4532

  Wang, Zhao ^a   Hu, Yongming ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Xiong ^a   Wang, Baoxian ^a   Tian, Huyong ^a   Wang, Yu ^b   Guan, Jianguo ^c   Gu, Haoshuang ^a  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrogen sensor; Nanowires; Niobium pentaoxide; Room temperature; Sensing mechanism

Indexed keywords

HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; HYDROGEN SENSOR; HYDROGEN-SENSING; NIOBIUM PENTAOXIDE; PLATINUM ELECTRODES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSING MECHANISM; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SURFACE EFFECT; TETRAGONAL PHASE STRUCTURE; THERMAL OXIDATION PROCESS;

HYDROGEN; NIOBIUM OXIDE;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84856742834     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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