Nanoporous carbons as gas sensors: Exploring the surface sensitivity

Carbon

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 183-192

  Singh, Kavindra ^a   Travlou, Nikolina A ^a   Bashkova, Svetlana ^a   Rodríguez Castellón, Enrique ^b   Bandosz, Teresa J ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; CHEMICAL SENSORS; OXIDATION; PHYSISORPTION;

ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; NANOPOROUS CARBONS; OXIDIZED CARBONS; PHYSICAL ADSORPTION; POLY(SODIUM 4-STYRENESULFONATE); REACTIVE ADSORPTION; SENSING MECHANISM; SURFACE SENSITIVITY;

GAS ADSORPTION;

EID: 85027918568     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.08.055     Document Type: Article

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