Metal oxide nanostructures and their gas sensing properties: A review

Sensors

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2610-2631

  Sun, Yu Feng ^a,b,c   Liu, Shao Bo ^c   Meng, Fan Li ^b   Liu, Jin Yun ^b   Jin, Zhen ^b   Kong, Ling Tao ^b   Liu, Jin Huai ^b  

^a ANHUI POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENT MACHINES   (China)

^c Wuhu Returned Overseas Students' Enterprise Park   (China)

Author keywords

Doping; Gas sensing; Metal oxide; Nanostructure; Size effect

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; DIFFUSION COATINGS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FILMS; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; GASES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOSPHERES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; YARN;

GAS SENSING; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; METAL OXIDE GAS SENSORS; METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; METAL OXIDES; MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURES; SENSITIVE PROPERTIES; SIZE EFFECTS;

METALS;

EID: 84858972234     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120302610     Document Type: Review

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