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Ionic Liquids in Gas Sensors

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Room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) are a unique class of compounds containing organic cations and anions, which melt at or close to room temperature, and thus they are called as room-temperature molten salts. Present chapter describes these compounds and analyzes advantages of ionic liquids for application in gas sensors of various types. Discussion on shortcomings of RTILs-based gas sensors is also presented. Chapter includes 4 figures, 2 Tables and 63 references.

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Korotcenkov, G. (2014). Ionic Liquids in Gas Sensors. In: Handbook of Gas Sensor Materials. Integrated Analytical Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7388-6_7

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