High sensitivity ethanol gas sensor based on Sn-doped ZnO under visible light irradiation at low temperature

Materials Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 817-822

  Zhang, Peishuo ^a   Pan, Guofeng ^a   Zhang, Bingqiang ^a   Zhen, Jiali ^a   Sun, Yicai ^a  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gas sensor; Photoactivation; Sensing mechanism; Sn doped ZnO

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; COPRECIPITATION; ETHANOL; GAS DETECTORS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; OXIDE MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; ZINC OXIDE;

CHEMICAL COPRECIPITATION METHOD; ETHANOL GAS SENSORS; MAXIMUM SENSITIVITY; PHOTO ACTIVATIONS; RESPONSE AND RECOVERY TIME; SENSING MECHANISM; SN-DOPED ZNO; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84908413306     PISSN: 15161439     EISSN: 19805373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/1516-1439.235713     Document Type: Article

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