Investigation of the carbon monoxide gas sensing characteristics of tin oxide mixed cerium oxide thin films

Sensors

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2598-2609

  Durrani, Sardar M A ^a   Al Kuhaili, Mohammad F ^a   Bakhtiari, Imran A ^a   Haider, Muhammad B ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

AFM; CeO2; CO sensor; Semiconductor gas sensor; SnO2; Thin film; XPS

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CERIC OXIDE; CERIUM; TIN DERIVATIVE; TIN DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; GAS; POROSITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CERIUM; GASES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POROSITY; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84858976740     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120302598     Document Type: Article

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