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Modeling of sensing and transduction for p-type semiconducting metal oxide based gas sensors

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The development of a quantitative model that correlates conduction in and sensing with p-type gas sensitive metal oxides is presented here. The theoretical results are confronted with the experimental data and found to be in very good agreement. The model also explains the differences between the performance of gas sensors based on n and p-type metal oxides and indicates the possible improvement routes.

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    N. Barsan, C. Simion, T. Heine, S. Pokhrel & U. Weimar

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Barsan, N., Simion, C., Heine, T. et al. Modeling of sensing and transduction for p-type semiconducting metal oxide based gas sensors. J Electroceram 25, 11–19 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10832-009-9583-x

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