Piezo/active humidity sensing of CeO2/ZnO and SnO2/ZnO nanoarray nanogenerators with high response and large detecting range

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 205, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-19

  Zhu, Dan ^a   Fu, Yongming ^a   Zang, Weili ^a   Zhao, Yayu ^a   Xing, Lili ^a   Xue, Xinyu ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CeO2; Humidity sensor; Nanogenerator; Piezoelectric; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CEO2; DETECTING RANGE; HIGH RESPONSE; HUMIDITY SENSING; NANOGENERATOR; NANOGENERATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC; ZNO;

HUMIDITY SENSORS;

EID: 84907567490     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2014.08.060     Document Type: Article

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