Hydrogen sensing with Ni-doped TiO2 nanotubes

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 8393-8402

  Li, Zhaohui ^a   Ding, Dongyan ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a   Ning, Congqin ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Doping; Hydrogen sensor; Nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN; NICKEL;

ANNEALING TREATMENTS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FIRST PRINCIPLE SIMULATION; HYDROGEN SENSING PROPERTIES; HYDROGEN SENSOR; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SENSOR RESISTANCE; TIO;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 84879859958     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130708393     Document Type: Article

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