Low-cost and flexible printed graphene-PEDOT:PSS gas sensor for ammonia detection

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2971-2981

  Seekaew, Yotsarayuth ^a   Lokavee, Shongpun ^b   Phokharatkul, Ditsayut ^c   Wisitsoraat, Anurat ^c   Kerdcharoen, Teerakiat ^b   Wongchoosuk, Chatchawal ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Conducting polymer; Flexible sensor; NH3sensor; PEDOT:PSS; Printed electronics

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPOSITE FILMS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; COSTS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; GASES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INK; INK JET PRINTERS; INK JET PRINTING; SPECTROMETERS; SUBSTRATES;

DIRECT-CHARGE TRANSFERS; FLEXIBLE SENSOR; NH3SENSOR; PEDOT:PSS; PEDOT:PSS CONDUCTING POLYMERS; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE):POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); PRINTED ELECTRONICS; UV-VISIBLE SPECTROMETERS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84907207774     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.08.044     Document Type: Article

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