Tin dioxide-carbon heterostructures applied to gas sensing: Structure-dependent properties and general sensing mechanism

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 38, 2013, Pages 19729-19739

  Marichy, Catherine ^a   Russo, Patricia A ^a   Latino, Mariangela ^b   Tessonnier, Jean Philippe ^c   Willinger, Marc Georg ^d   Donato, Nicola ^b   Neri, Giovanni ^b   Pinna, Nicola ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c Iowa State University   (United States)

^d FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL COATINGS; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; METAL OXIDE COATINGS; NANOSTRUCTURED CARBONS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SENSING MATERIAL; SENSING MECHANISM; SOL-GEL CHEMISTRY;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CHARACTERIZATION; DEPOSITION; GRAPHENE; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SOL-GELS; TIN;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84885059405     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp406191x     Document Type: Article

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