Structural stability and performance of noble metal-free sno2-based gas sensors

Biosensors

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-233

  Tricoli, Antonio ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemoresistive; Gas sensors; Grain growth; Long termstability; Nanoparticles; Noble metals; Relative humidity; Semiconductorsm; Sio2; Sno2

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PRECIOUS METALS; SINTERING; STABILIZATION;

CHEMORESISTIVE; CRYSTAL-SIZE; GAS-SENSORS; LONG-TERMSTABILITY; METAL FREE; SEMICONDUCTORSM; SIO2; SNO 2 NANOPARTICLES; SNO2; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES;

SILICA;

METAL OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TIN DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMIDITY; SEMICONDUCTOR; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 84879193231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20796374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/bios2020221     Document Type: Article

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