A selective ultrahigh responding high temperature ethanol sensor using TiO2 nanoparticles

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 13613-13627

  Arafat, M M ^a   Haseeb, A S M A ^a   Akbar, Sheikh A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic activity; Ethanol sensing; Sensor

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; METHANE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; SENSORS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALUMINA SUBSTRATES; ETHANOL SENSING; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; SENSING TEMPERATURE; SENSOR FABRICATION; TIO;

GOLD;

EID: 84905179421     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140813613     Document Type: Article

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