Ultra-high sensitivity zinc oxide nanocombs for on-chip room temperature carbon monoxide sensing

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 8919-8930

  Pan, Xiaofang ^a,b   Zhao, Xiaojin ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CMOS compatible; CO gas sensor; Room temperature; Ultra high sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL DETECTION; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; GASES; ZINC;

CMOS COMPATIBLE; CO CONCENTRATIONS; CO GAS SENSOR; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR; REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ULTRA-HIGH-SENSITIVITY;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84928141231     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150408919     Document Type: Article

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