Synthesis of SrTiO3 nanopowder by sol-gel- hydrothemal method for gas sensing application

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 382-400

  Kajale, D D ^a   Patil, G E ^a   Gaikwad, V B ^b   Shinde, S D ^b   Chavan, D N ^c   Pawar, N K ^d   Shirsath Jain, S R ^a  

^a Arts   (India)

^b K T H M COLLEGE   (India)

^c Arts   (India)

^d Arts   (India)

Author keywords

Gas response; H2S gas sensor; Nanocrystalline; Sol gel hydrothermal; Thick film

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; FILM PREPARATION; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; GASES; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PEROVSKITE; SCREEN PRINTING; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; STRONTIUM TITANATES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GAS RESPONSE; GAS SENSING APPLICATIONS; H2S GAS SENSORS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; NANO POWDERS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; PARTICLES SIZES; SOL'GEL; SOLGEL(HYDROTHERMAL); SYNTHESISED;

THICK FILMS;

EID: 84864559689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11785608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21307/ijssis-2017-487     Document Type: Article

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