Effect of the titania substitution on the electronic structure and transport properties of FSS-made Fe2O3 nanoparticles for hydrogen sensing

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 187, Issue , 2013, Pages 347-355

  Flak, Dorota ^a,b   Braun, Artur ^b   Vollmer, Antje ^c   Rekas, Mieczyslaw ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Band gap; Electronic structure; Hydrogen sensing; Nanoparticles; NEXAFS

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; FLAME SPRAYING; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BAND CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; FLAME SPRAY SYNTHESIS; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; HYDROGEN SENSING PROPERTIES; HYDROGEN-SENSING; NEXAFS; STRUCTURE AND MICROSTRUCTURES;

SOLID SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84885476880     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.12.038     Document Type: Article

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