Nanostructured cobalt oxide and cobalt titanate thin films as optical humidity sensor: A new approach

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-74

  Yadav, B C ^a,b   Yadav, R C ^a   Singh, Satyendra ^a   Dwivedi, Prabhat K ^c   Ryu, Hojin ^d   Kang, Sukmin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^d Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Optical humidity sensors; Sensitivity; Thin film

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; AVERAGE SENSITIVITIES; COBALT OXIDE FILMS; COBALT OXIDES; COBALT TITANATE; DOUBLE LAYERED; LAYERED FILMS; LINEAR BEHAVIOR; MULTI-LAYERED; NANO-STRUCTURED; OPTICAL ENERGY GAP; OPTICAL HUMIDITY SENSING; PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS; SEM MICROGRAPHS; SENSING FILMS; SENSITIVITY; SOL-GEL SPIN COATING; THICKNESS OF THE FILM; TRANSMITTED INTENSITIES; UV-VISIBLE SPECTRA; XRD;

ANNEALING; HUMIDITY SENSORS; OXIDE FILMS; SOL-GELS; THIN FILMS;

COBALT;

EID: 84872735138     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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