Hydrogen sensing using gold nanoclusters supported on tungsten trioxide thin films

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 12865-12877

  Ahmad, Muhammad Z ^a,b   Golovko, Vladimir B ^c   Adnan, Rohul H ^c,d   Abu Bakar, Faridah ^c,e   Ruzicka, Jan Yves ^c   Anderson, David P ^c   Andersson, Gunther G ^f   Wlodarski, Wojtek ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Mechanisation and Automation Research Centre   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Au nanoclusters; Highly sensitive; Hydrogen sensors; Reproducible; Tungsten trioxide

Indexed keywords

AU NANOCLUSTERS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; HYDROGEN SENSOR; REPRODUCIBLE; TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE;

GOLD DEPOSITS; HYDROGEN; NANOCLUSTERS; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; TUNGSTEN;

GOLD;

EID: 84883746517     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.07.089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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