Low temperature acetylene gas sensor based on Ag nanoparticles-loaded ZnO-reduced graphene oxide hybrid

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 207, Issue Part A, 2015, Pages 362-369

  Iftekhar Uddin, A S M ^a   Phan, Duy Thach ^a   Chung, Gwiy Sang ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acetylene sensor; Chemical route; Hybrid; Reduced graphene oxide; Silver; ZnO nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; GAS DETECTORS; GRAPHENE; LIGHTING; NANOPARTICLES; TEMPERATURE; ZINC OXIDE;

CHEMICAL ROUTES; COMPOSITIONAL PROPERTIES; HYBRID; LOW DETECTION LIMIT; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER;

EID: 84910091898     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2014.10.091     Document Type: Article

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