Sensitive and rapid hydrogen sensors based on Pd-WO3 thick films with different morphologies

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2565-2577

  Boudiba, Abdelhamid ^a   Zhang, Chao ^a   Umek, Polona ^c   Bittencourt, Carla ^a   Snyders, Rony ^a,b   Olivier, Marie Georges ^a,b   Debliquy, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b MATERIA NOVA RESEARCH CENTER   (Belgium)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Hydrogen sensors; Metal oxides

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; FILM PREPARATION; HYDROGEN; INCLUSIONS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOWIRES; SCREEN PRINTING; SODIUM; THICK FILMS;

ALUMINA SUBSTRATES; GOLD ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN SENSOR; HYDROGEN-SENSING; METAL OXIDES; REDUCING GAS; SODIUM TUNGSTATE; WORKING TEMPERATURES;

PALLADIUM;

EID: 84874114689     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.11.040     Document Type: Article

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