Development of highly sensitive and selective ethanol sensor based on lance-shaped CuO nanostructures

Materials and Design

Volumn 105, Issue , 2016, Pages 16-24

  Umar, Ahmad ^a   Lee, Jong Heun ^b   Kumar, Rajesh ^c   Al Dossary, O ^d   Ibrahim, Ahmed A ^a   Baskoutas, S ^e  

^a NAJRAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Punjab University   (India)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

CuO; Ethanol; Gas sensors; Hydrothermal; Lance shaped

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COPPER OXIDES; ETHANOL; FABRICATION; GASES; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NANOSTRUCTURES;

ALUMINA SUBSTRATES; CUO NANOSTRUCTURES; FABRICATED SENSORS; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL TECHNIQUES; LANCE-SHAPED; MONOCLINIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84969627141     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2016.05.006     Document Type: Article

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