Nanogenerators for self-powered gas sensing

Nano-Micro Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Wen, Zhen ^a   Shen, Qingqing ^a   Sun, Xuhui ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gas sensing; Nanogenerator; Piezoelectric; Self powered; Triboelectric

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; NANOGENERATORS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

GAS SENSING; NANOGENERATOR; PIEZOELECTRIC; SELF-POWERED; TRIBOELECTRIC;

WEARABLE SENSORS;

EID: 85021846676     PISSN: 23116706     EISSN: 21505551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40820-017-0146-4     Document Type: Review

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