Improving the hydrogen gas sensing performance of Pt/MoO3 nanoplatelets using a nano thick layer of La2O3

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 187, Issue , 2013, Pages 267-273

  Shafiei, M ^a,c   Yu, J ^b,c   Chen, G ^b   Lai, P T ^b   Motta, N ^a   Wlodarski, W ^c   Kalantar Zadeh, K ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gas sensor; Hydrogen; Lanthanum oxide; Localized states; Molybdenum oxide; Nanostructures

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; INTERFACE STATES; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM OXIDES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLATINUM; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

HYDROGEN GAS SENSING; IDEALITY FACTORS; IV CHARACTERISTICS; LOCALIZED STATE; METAL SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACE; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; SPUTTERED LAYERS; THIN DIELECTRIC LAYER;

MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

EID: 84885469949     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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