Facile synthesis of improved room temperature gas sensing properties of TiO2 nanostructures: Effect of acid treatment

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 224, Issue , 2016, Pages 841-856

  Tshabalala, Z P ^a,b   Motaung, D E ^a   Mhlongo, G H ^a   Ntwaeaborwa, O M ^b  

^a Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gas sensing; HCl; Morphology; NO2; TiO2

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; GAS DETECTORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLUTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER SURFACE AREAS; GAS SENSING; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; HCL; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; INTERSTITIAL DEFECTS; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; TIO;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84947240379     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.10.079     Document Type: Article

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