TiO2-Based Thick Film pH Sensor

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 248-255

  Simic, Mitar ^a   Manjakkal, Libu ^b   Zaraska, Krzysztof ^c   Stojanovic, Goran M ^b,d   Dahiya, Ravinder ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BANJA LUKA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b ukasiewicz Research Network Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

conductimetric sensors; electrical equivalent circuits; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; pH sensor; TiO2 thick film

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CHEMICAL STABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCREEN PRINTING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THICK FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER QUALITY;

ALUMINA SUBSTRATES; CRYSTALLINE PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; HEALTH MONITORING; MEASURED IMPEDANCE; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; THICK FILM SENSORS;

PH SENSORS;

EID: 85013313946     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2016.2628765     Document Type: Article

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