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Complex and Composite Metal Oxides for Gas, VOC and Humidity Sensors. Volume 2, Technology and New Trends.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Yadav, Bal Chandra, Kumar, Pragati
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Elsevier, 2024.
Series:Metal oxides series.
Subjects:
Detectors.
Gas detectors.
Metallic oxides.
Détecteurs de gaz.
Oxydes métalliques.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Complex and Composite Metal Oxides for GAS, VOC, and Humidity Sensors: Volume 2: Technology and New Trends
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Series editor biography
  • Preface
  • Preface to the series
  • Part 1: Synthesis methods and strategies applied for metal oxide nanocomposites based gas and VOC sensors
  • Chapter 1: Features of preparing metal oxide nanocomposites: General consideration
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Needs of composites
  • 1.3. Features of nanocomposites
  • 1.3.1. Material engineering
  • 1.3.2. Band alignment
  • 1.4. Tuning of the desired properties
  • 1.4.1. Electrical
  • 1.4.2. Optical
  • 1.4.3. Mechanical
  • 1.4.4. Chemical
  • 1.4.5. Morphological properties
  • 1.5. Applications of nanocomposites
  • 1.6. Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Synthesis of heterostructure metal oxide nanocomposites and their gas-sensing properties
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.1.1. General sensing mechanism
  • 2.2. Synthesis methods and characterizations
  • 2.2.1. Various techniques for heterostructure gas sensors
  • 2.2.2. Hydrothermal method
  • 2.2.3. Sol-gel method
  • 2.2.4. Electrospinning method
  • 2.2.5. Coprecipitation method
  • 2.2.6. Other methods
  • 2.3. Conclusion and perspectives
  • Acknowledgments
  • Author contributions
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Synthesis of metal oxide composite nanofibers by electrospinning and its application in gas and VOC sensors
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.1.1. Gas sensors
  • 3.2. Electrospinning technique
  • 3.3. 1D nanomaterials
  • 3.3.1. 1D metal oxide nanofibers
  • 3.3.2. 1D metal-doped metal oxide nanofibers
  • 3.3.3. 1D metal oxide composite nanofibers
  • 3.4. Types of nanofibers
  • 3.4.1. 1D nanotubes
  • 3.4.2. Nanorods
  • 3.4.3. Decorated nanofibers
  • 3.4.4. Porous nanofibers/nanotubes
  • 3.4.5. Hierarchical nanofibers
  • 3.4.6. Heterostructure nanofibers
  • 3.4.7. Core-shell nanofibers
  • 3.5. Gas-sensing characteristics of metal oxide nanofibers
  • 3.6. Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Metal oxide based bi/multilayer thin film heterostructures for gas sensing applications
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Heterostructures categories
  • 4.3. Overview of the fabrication techniques
  • 4.3.1. Fabrication of p-n or n-p heterojunction MOS gas sensors
  • 4.3.2. Fabrication of n-n or p-p heterojunction MOS gas sensors
  • 4.4. Gas sensors based on multilayered n-n, p-n, and p-p heterostructures
  • 4.5. Gas sensing mechanism in multilayered metal oxide heterostructures
  • 4.5.1. Basic sensing mechanism of a single MOS material
  • 4.5.2. Band alignment and charge transfer mechanism in heterostructures
  • 4.5.3. Gas sensing mechanism based on the p-n junction MOS Heterostructures
  • 4.5.4. Gas sensing mechanism based on the n-n and p-p junction MOS heterostructures
  • 4.5.4.1. n-n junction MOS heterostructures
  • 4.5.4.2. p-p junction MOS heterostructures
  • 4.6. Conclusion, future trends, and challenges