Solar diode sensor: Sensing mechanism and applications

Nano Energy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 514-522

  Hoffmann, Martin W G ^a,b,c   Gad, Alaa Eldin ^c   Prades, J Daniel ^a   Hernandez Ramirez, Francisco ^a,b   Fiz, Raquel ^c   Shen, Hao ^c,d   Mathur, Sanjay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Donor density; Gas sensing; Nano heterostructures; Solar activated

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTOMETRIC SENSOR; DONOR DENSITY; GAS SENSING; NANO-HETEROSTRUCTURES; SENSING MECHANISM; SOLAR ACTIVATED; SOLAR ILLUMINATION; SURFACE INTERACTIONS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHEMICAL DETECTION; DIODES; GAS DETECTORS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SENSORS; SILICON; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84880821780     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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