Nanocrystalline mesoporous palladium activated tin oxide thin films as room-temperature hydrogen gas sensors.

A unique nanocrystalline, mesoporous PdO-SnO(2) film exhibiting high sensitivity and selectivity to hydrogen gas at room temperature has been developed.

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