High dynamic range methanol sensor based on aligned ZnO nanorods

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1669-1676

  Banerjee, Nabaneeta ^a   Roy, Sunipa ^b   Sarkar, Chandan Kumar ^b   Bhattacharyya, Partha ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Catalytic electrodes; CBD; high dynamic range; methanol sensing; Pd sensitization; ZnO hexagonal nanorods

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED ZNO NANORODS; CATALYTIC ELECTRODES; CBD; CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; ZINC ACETATE DIHYDRATE; ZNO;

DEPOSITS; ELECTRODES; GOLD DEPOSITS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METHANOL; NANORODS; PALLADIUM; SENSORS; SILVER; SOL-GELS; VAPORS; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

GOLD;

EID: 84876032012     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2237822     Document Type: Article

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