Pt-decorated zinc oxide nanorod arrays with graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets for highly efficient dual-functional gas sensing

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 341, Issue , 2018, Pages 102-111

  Tian, Hailin ^a   Fan, Huiqing ^a   Ma, Jiangwei ^a   Liu, Zhiyong ^a   Ma, Longtao ^a   Lei, Shenhui ^a   Fang, Jiawen ^b   Long, Changbai ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c AIR FORCE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gas sensor; Graphitic carbon nitride; Heterostructure; Synergistic effect; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ETHANOL; GAS DETECTORS; GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; GASES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITRIDES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PLATINUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARGE CARRIERS TRANSPORT; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION LENGTH; ELECTRON DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR ORBITAL THEORY; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; ZINC OXIDE NANOROD ARRAYS;

NANOSHEETS;

ALCOHOL; CARBON; NANOMATERIAL; NANOROD; NANOSHEET; NITRIC OXIDE; PLATINUM; ZINC OXIDE;

ARRAY; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DETECTION METHOD; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDE; PLATINUM; SENSOR; SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; SENSOR; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 85026454660     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.07.056     Document Type: Article

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