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W. M. de Azevedo,
Departamento de Qu
mica Fundamental, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco,
Cidade Universit
aria, 50670-901 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Figure 1. I-V characteristics of the heterojunction diode
prior and after exposure to 3,000 Gy of
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variety of other gases associated with combustion emission to unveil further applications of this device to contamination and environmental emission control.
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Acknowledgments
The authors are thankful to the nancial support received during the development of this work from CNPq,
PADCT/FINEP under contract # 77.97.1120.00, and
CTPETRO/FINEP under contract # 65.00.02.80.00.
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Figure 3. Current-voltage curves (a) prior to exposure,
and after exposure to (b) ammonia for 1 minute, (c) trichoroethylene for 5 minutes and (d) nitric acid for 1 minute.