Thiourea-treated graphene aerogel as a highly selective gas sensor for sensing of trace level of ammonia

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 897, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-95

  Alizadeh, Taher ^a   Ahmadian, Farzaneh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aerogel; Ammonia; Gas sensor; Graphene; Hydrogel

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; GRAPHENE; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HYDROGELS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THIOUREAS;

AMMONIA GAS SENSORS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; SELECTIVE GAS SENSORS; SENSOR RESPONSE TIME; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSES (TGA); THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHENE;

AEROGELS;

AMMONIA; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; GRAPHITE; NITROGEN; THIOUREA; URIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GAS SENSOR; GELATION; HYDROGEL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR; SYNTHESIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84944885574     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.09.031     Document Type: Article

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