Effective ammonia detection using n-ZnO/p-NiO heterostructured nanofibers

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2477-2483

  Lokesh, Krishnakumar ^a   Kavitha, Gnanasekaran ^b   Manikandan, Elayaperumal ^c,d,e   Mani, Ganesh Kumar ^f,g   Kaviyarasu, Kasinathan ^c   Rayappan, John Bosco Balaguru ^f   Ladchumananandasivam, Rasiah ^h   Aanand, Jagathrakshakan Sundeep ^c,i   Jayachandran, Mayandi ^j   Maaza, Malik ^c  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Agurchand Manmull Jain College   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^d SREE BALAJI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^e THIRUVALLUVAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

ⁱ BHARATH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^j CECRI   (India)

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Author keywords

Electrospinning; Gas sensor; Metal oxide heterostructures; NH3

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTROSPINNING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; NANOFIBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINNING (FIBERS); SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AMMONIA DETECTION; DETECTION SENSORS; ELECTROSPINNING METHOD; LOW-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS; METAL OXIDES; NH3; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84962068282     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2016.2517085     Document Type: Article

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