The α-Fe2O3/g-C3N4heterostructural nanocomposites with enhanced ethanol gas sensing performance

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 685, Issue , 2016, Pages 84-90

  Zhang, Yujing ^a   Zhang, Dingke ^b   Guo, Weimeng ^a   Chen, Shijian ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gas sensing; Heterojunction; Porous nanotube; Fe2O3 g C3N4nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; ETHANOL; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; GASES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LAMELLAR STRUCTURES; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN;

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY TIME; GAS SENSING; GAS SENSING RESPONSE; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; POROUS NANOTUBES; SENSING PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84981550265     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.05.220     Document Type: Article

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