Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 1, 1(2023)

High-performance ZnO humidity sensor synthesized by coprecipitation with PVP as surfactant for human respiration detection

Jianping MAN1...2, Weiyuan GU1,2, Ziyan HU1, Xiaozong DOU1, and Hongyan and ZHANG12,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Solid State Physics and Devices, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
  • 2School of Physics Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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    MAN Jianping, GU Weiyuan, HU Ziyan, DOU Xiaozong, and ZHANG Hongyan. High-performance ZnO humidity sensor synthesized by coprecipitation with PVP as surfactant for human respiration detection[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2023, 19(1): 1

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    Paper Information

    Category: Devices

    Received: Jun. 17, 2022

    Accepted: Sep. 2, 2022

    Published Online: Mar. 17, 2023

    The Author Email: Hongyan and ZHANG (zhanghyxj@163.com)

    DOI:10.1007/s11801-023-2105-2

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