Ag-modified In2O3/ZnO nanobundles with high formaldehyde gas-sensing performance

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 20086-20096

  Fang, Fang ^a   Bai, Lu ^b   Song, Dongsheng ^a   Yang, Hongping ^a   Sun, Xiaoming ^c   Sun, Hongyu ^a   Zhu, Jing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Formaldehyde sensing; Hierarchical porosity; In2O3 ZnO; Negative curvature

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; DEHYDRATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORMALDEHYDE; GAS DETECTORS; NANOPARTICLES; POROSITY; SILVER COMPOUNDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

DEHYDRATION PROCESS; FORMALDEHYDE DETECTION; FORMALDEHYDE-SENSING; HIERARCHICAL POROSITY; HIGH SURFACE AREA; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; IN2O3/ZNO; NEGATIVE CURVATURE;

INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

FORMALDEHYDE; GAS; INDIUM; INDIUM OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; NITROGEN; SILVER; ZINC OXIDE;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTRONICS; GAS; SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRONICS; FORMALDEHYDE; GASES; INDIUM; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN; SILVER; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TEMPERATURE; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84939249883     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150820086     Document Type: Article

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