ZnO Nanowire-Based Oxygen Gas Sensor

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 485-489

  Lu, Chien Yuan ^a   Chang, Sheng Po ^a   Chang, Shoou Jinn ^a   Hsueh, Ting Jen ^a   Hsu, Cheng Liang ^b   Chiou, Yu Zung ^b   Chen, I Cherng ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nanowires; oxygen gas sensor; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008006429     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2014425     Document Type: Article

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