Investigating the effect of gas absorption on the electromechanical and electrochemical behavior of graphene/ZnO structure, suitable for highly selective and sensitive gas sensors

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1498-1503

  Jebreiil Khadem, S M ^a   Abdi, Y ^a   Darbari, S ^b   Ostovari, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electrochemical; Electromechanical; Gas sensor; Graphene; ZnO

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTROMECHANICAL; ZNO;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 84907656142     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2014.07.020     Document Type: Article

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