A simple and cost-effective zinc oxide thin film sensor for propane gas detection

Materials Letters

Volumn 157, Issue , 2015, Pages 169-171

  Jayaraman, Vinoth Kumar ^a   Maldonado Álvarez, Arturo ^a   De la Luz Olvera Amador, María ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gas sensing mechanism; Propane Gas Sensors; Ultrasonic spray pyrolysis; Zinc acetylacetonate; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; GASES; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL FILMS; PROPANE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; THIN FILMS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

GAS SENSING MECHANISM; PROPANE GAS SENSORS; ULTRASONIC SPRAY PYROLYSIS; ZINC ACETYLACETONATE; ZNO;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 84930684361     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: 18734979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2015.05.065     Document Type: Article

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