NiO Grained-Flowers and Nanoparticles for Ethanol Sensing
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | Surface Area (m2g−1) |
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Grained-flowers | 240.3 |
Nanoparticles | 170.1 |
Sample | Ethanol (ppm) | Operating Temperature | Rg/Ra | Response/Recovery Time (s) | Ref. |
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Grained-flower | 150 | 200 | 35 | 3/6 | This work |
Nanoparticles | 200 | 250 | 32 | 4/8 | This work |
UT-Nanosheet | 200 | 200 | 3.1 | N/A | [24] |
Flake-flower | 400 | 300 | 32 | 4/8 | [23] |
Nanoblocks | 500 | 300 | 1.1 | 5/5 | [20] |
Nanorods | 500 | 300 | 1.4 | 4/5 | [20] |
Nanowires | 500 | 300 | 3.4 | 5/6 | [20] |
Nanosheet | 50 | 350 | 1.8 | 6/9 | [21] |
Nanobulks | 50 | 350 | 1.5 | 5/7 | [21] |
Nanospheres | 50 | 350 | 2.5 | 8/5 | [21] |
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Carbone, M.; Tagliatesta, P. NiO Grained-Flowers and Nanoparticles for Ethanol Sensing. Materials 2020, 13, 1880. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13081880
Carbone M, Tagliatesta P. NiO Grained-Flowers and Nanoparticles for Ethanol Sensing. Materials. 2020; 13(8):1880. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13081880
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarbone, Marilena, and Pietro Tagliatesta. 2020. "NiO Grained-Flowers and Nanoparticles for Ethanol Sensing" Materials 13, no. 8: 1880. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13081880