Gas-sensing performance of M-doped CuO-based thin films working at different temperatures upon exposure to propane

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 20069-20085

  Rydosz, Artur ^a   Szkudlarek, Aleksandra ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

CuO films; Gas sensor applications; Magnetron sputtering; Metal doping thin films; Propane

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FILMS; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; GASES; IONIZATION OF GASES; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; PALLADIUM; PROPANE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; TOPOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; LOW TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMICS; METAL-DOPING; OPERATION TEMPERATURE; P TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR; RESPONSE AND RECOVERY TIME; SENSOR APPLICATIONS;

OXIDE FILMS;

COPPER; CUPRIC OXIDE; GAS; PROPANE;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTRONICS; GAS; IMPEDANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COPPER; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRONICS; GASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROPANE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84939216355     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150820069     Document Type: Article

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