In2O3 Nanotower Hydrogen Gas Sensors Based on Both Schottky Junction and Thermoelectronic Emission

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zheng, Zhao Qiang ^a,b   Zhu, Lian Feng ^c   Wang, Bing ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gas sensor; Hydrogen; Nanotowers; Schottky junction; Thermoelectronic emission

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR METAL BOUNDARIES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EVAPORATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

GAS SENSING CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEN GAS SENSORS; NANOTOWERS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; SCHOTTKY BARRIER HEIGHTS; SCHOTTKY JUNCTIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT I-V CHARACTERISTICS;

INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84937931002     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-1002-4     Document Type: Article

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