Rational design of defect-engineered NiWO4 micro-flowers for chemiresistive gas detection: Synthesis, performance, and mechanistic understanding

Zheng, Zichen; Liu, Kewei; Zhou, Yiwen; Xu, Kaichun; Guo, Liangchao; Debliquy, Marc; Bittencourt, Carla; Zhang, Chao

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Rational design of defect-engineered NiWO4 micro-flowers for chemiresistive gas detection: Synthesis, performance, and mechanistic understanding

Zheng, Zichen; Liu, Kewei; Zhou, Yiwen et al.

2025 • In Chemical Engineering Journal, 522, p. 168064

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Zheng, Zichen

Liu, Kewei

Zhou, Yiwen

Xu, Kaichun

Guo, Liangchao

Debliquy, Marc

Bittencourt, Carla ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Chimie des Interactions Plasma-Surface

Zhang, Chao

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English

Title :

Rational design of defect-engineered NiWO4 micro-flowers for chemiresistive gas detection: Synthesis, performance, and mechanistic understanding

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01 October 2025

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Chemical Engineering Journal

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522

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168064

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S882 - Chimie des Interactions Plasma-Surface

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R400 - Institut de Recherche en Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux

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YangZhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau
CSC - China Scholarship Council
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique
Outstanding Youth Foundation of Jiangsu Province

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