Nanoporous Nb2O5 hydrogen gas sensor

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 176, Issue , 2013, Pages 149-156

  Rani, Rozina Abdul ^a   Zoolfakar, Ahmad Sabirin ^a,b   Oua, Jian Zhen ^a   Field, Matthew R ^a   Austin, Michael ^a   Kalantar Zadeh, Kourosh ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anodization; Gas sensor; Nanoporous

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; GASES; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NIOBIUM; OXIDE FILMS; PLATINUM;

ANODIZATIONS; CATALYTIC LAYERS; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; HYDROGEN GAS SENSING; HYDROGEN GAS SENSORS; NANO-POROUS; ORTHORHOMBIC PHASE; PORE DIAMETERS;

NIOBIUM OXIDE;

EID: 84872581752     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.09.028     Document Type: Article

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