The enhanced formaldehyde-sensing properties of P3HT-ZnO hybrid thin film OTFT sensor and further insight into its stability

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 2086-2103

  Tai, Huiling ^a   Li, Xian ^b   Jiang, Yadong ^a   Xie, Guangzhong ^a   Du, Xiaosong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde gas sensor; Heterojunction; P3HT ZnO; Stability; TFT

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FORMALDEHYDE; GAS DETECTORS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYBRID MATERIALS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

COMPOSITIONAL FEATURES; ELEMENT COMPOSITIONS; FORMALDEHYDE-SENSING; P-N HETEROJUNCTIONS; PERFORMANCE DETERIORATION; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; SENSING PERFORMANCE; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84921513005     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150102086     Document Type: Article

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