Investigation of WO3/ZnO thin-film heterojunction-based Schottky diodes for H2 gas sensing

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 10313-10319

  Liu, Y ^a   Yu, J ^a   Lai, P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Heterojunction; Hydrogen sensor; Schottky diode; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL SENSORS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GAS DETECTORS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SILICON; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEN GAS SENSORS; HYDROGEN SENSOR; SCHOTTKY DIODES; STOICHIOMETRIC COMPOSITIONS; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84901937529     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.04.155     Document Type: Article

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