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The results indicate that the MWCNT-doped WO3 thin film exhibits high sensitivity and selectivity to hydrogen. Thus, MWCNT doping based on E-beam co-evaporation was shown to be an effective means of preparing hydrogen gas sensors with enhanced sensing and reduced operating temperatures. Creation of nanochannels and formation of p-n heterojunctions were proposed as the sensing mechanism underlying the enhanced hydrogen sensitivity of this hybridized gas sensor. To our best knowledge, this is the first report on a MWCNT-doped WO3 hydrogen sensor prepared by the E-beam method.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s100807705","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,8,17]],"date-time":"2010-08-17T11:36:41Z","timestamp":1282045001000},"page":"7705-7715","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":96,"title":["Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Doped Tungsten Oxide Thin Films for Hydrogen Gas Sensing"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Chatchawal","family":"Wongchoosuk","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics and Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Ratchathewee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand"}]},{"given":"Anurat","family":"Wisitsoraat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nanoelectronics and MEMS Laboratory, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand"}]},{"given":"Ditsayut","family":"Phokharatkul","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nanoelectronics and MEMS Laboratory, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand"}]},{"given":"Adisorn","family":"Tuantranont","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nanoelectronics and MEMS Laboratory, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand"}]},{"given":"Teerakiat","family":"Kerdcharoen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics and Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Ratchathewee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand"},{"name":"NANOTEC Center of Excellence at Mahidol University, National Nanotechnology Center, Thailand"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2010,8,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1402","DOI":"10.1021\/cr800339k","article-title":"Review of electrochemical hydrogen sensors","volume":"109","author":"Korotcenkov","year":"2009","journal-title":"Chem. 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