A hydrogen gas sensor using a Pt-sputtered MWCNTs/ZnO nanostructure

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Dhall, Shivani ^a   Sood, Kapil ^b   Jaggi, Neena ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

electrical studies; hybrid nanostructure; hydrogen sensor; structural analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLATINUM; PLATINUM METALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN;

ELECTRICAL STUDIES; HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURES; HYDROGEN GAS SENSORS; HYDROGEN SENSOR; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; SENSING MATERIAL; SPUTTERING TECHNIQUES; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84904303536     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/25/8/085103     Document Type: Article

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