Operating Temperature, Repeatability, and Selectivity of TiO 2 Nanotube-Based Acetone Sensor: Influence of Pd and Ni Nanoparticle Modifications

IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 376-383

  Bhattacharyya, Partha ^a   Bhowmik, Basanta ^a   Fecht, Hans J ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ni modification; optimum temperature; Pd modification; repeatability; selectivity; TiO2 nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; TEMPERATURE; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

INTERFERING SPECIES; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE; REPEATABILITY; RESPONSE MAGNITUDE; STRUCTURAL DEFECT; TIO2 NANOTUBES; TRANSIENT CHARACTERISTIC;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84941013000     PISSN: 15304388     EISSN: 15582574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDMR.2015.2455557     Document Type: Article

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