A room temperature H2 sensor fabricated using high performance Pt-Loaded SnO2 nanoparticles

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 14286-14297

  Wang, Sheng Chang ^a   Shaikh, Muhammad Omar ^a  

^a SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gas sensor; Porous microstructure; Thick film

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; FABRICATION; GAS DETECTORS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; TEMPERATURE; THICK FILMS;

GAS SENSING DEVICES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INTERCONNECTED STRUCTURES; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; POROUS MICROSTRUCTURE; SENSOR RESPONSE; SURFACE LOADING; THICK FILM SENSORS;

PLATINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84935902716     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150614286     Document Type: Article

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