An electrochemical NO2 sensor based on ionic liquid: Influence of the morphology of the polymer electrolyte on sensor sensitivity

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 28421-28434

  Kuberský, Petr ^a   Altšmíd, Jakub ^a,b   Hamáček, Aleš ^a   Nešpůrek, Stanislav ^a   Zmeškal, Oldřich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aerosol jet printing; Amperometric NO2 sensor; Carbon nanotube; Ionic liquid

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROLYTES; FRACTAL DIMENSION; HYSTERESIS; INK JET PRINTING; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIQUIDS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLYMERS; PRINTING; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; YARN;

AEROSOL JET PRINTINGS; AMPEROMETRIC; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE SENSORS; POLY (VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE)(PVDF); POLYMER ELECTROLYTE; SENSOR SENSITIVITY; SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTES;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84946962409     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s151128421     Document Type: Article

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