Low-Working-Temperature and High-NO2-Sensing Properties of SnO2/PANI Hybrid Material Sensors

2017 ◽  
Vol 727 ◽  
pp. 503-507
Author(s):  
Hong Yan Xu ◽  
Teng Teng Wu ◽  
Wen Ru Li ◽  
Huan Qin Yu ◽  
Ting Zhai ◽  
...  

In this work, SnO2 porous nanosolids were obtained from SnO2 nanopowders by using a solvo-thermal hot-press method. Then, by using the conventional thick-film sensors preparation technology, SnO2 porous thick-film gas sensor was prepared from it. Meanwhile, polyaniline (PANI) was synthesized by chemical oxidation polymerization. After that, by mechanical method, the SnO2/PANI composite gas sensors were fabricated. The intrinsic resistances and gas sensing properties of sensors to NO2, NH3, H2 and ethanol vapor were tested. Compared with the SnO2 porous gas sensors, the optimum operation temperature of SnO2/PANI hybrid gas sensors decreased dramatically. And SnO2/PANI hybrid gas sensors showed satisfying selectivity and high sensitivity for NO2.

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 785 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Dong Zhou ◽  
Davoud Dastan ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Xi-Tao Yin ◽  
Qi Wang

Metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) gas sensors have the advantages of high sensitivity, short response-recovery time and long-term stability. However, the shortcoming of poor discriminability of homogeneous gases limits their applications in gas sensors. It is well-known that the MOS materials have similar gas sensing responses to homogeneous gases such as CO and H2, so it is difficult for these gas sensors to distinguish the two gases. In this paper, simple sol–gel method was employed to obtain the ZnO–xNiO composites. Gas sensing performance results illustrated that the gas sensing properties of composites with x > 0.425 showed a p-type response to both CO and H2, while the gas sensing properties of composites with x < 0.425 showed an n-type response to both CO and H2. However, it was interesting that ZnO–0.425NiO showed a p-type response to CO but an discriminable response (n-type) to H2, which indicated that modulating the p-type or n-type semiconductor concentration in p-n composites could be an effective method with which to improve the discriminability of this type of gas sensor regarding CO and H2. The phenomenon of the special gas sensing behavior of ZnO–0.425NiO was explained based on the experimental observations and a range of characterization techniques, including XRD, HRTEM and XPS, in detail.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4263
Author(s):  
Shirui Xue ◽  
Sicheng Cao ◽  
Zhaoling Huang ◽  
Daoguo Yang ◽  
Guoqi Zhang

In order to solve issues of air pollution, to monitor human health, and to promote agricultural production, gas sensors have been used widely. Metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) gas sensors have become an important area of research in the field of gas sensing due to their high sensitivity, quick response time, and short recovery time for NO2, CO2, acetone, etc. In our article, we mainly focus on the gas-sensing properties of MOS gas sensors and summarize the methods that are based on the interface effect of MOS materials and micro–nanostructures to improve their performance. These methods include noble metal modification, doping, and core-shell (C-S) nanostructure. Moreover, we also describe the mechanism of these methods to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of energy barrier modulation and electron transfer for gas adsorption. Finally, we put forward a variety of research ideas based on the above methods to improve the gas-sensing properties. Some perspectives for the development of MOS gas sensors are also discussed.


2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (04) ◽  
pp. 1550011 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sharma ◽  
M. Tomar ◽  
V. Gupta ◽  
A. Badola ◽  
N. Goswami

In this paper gas sensing properties of 0.5–3% polyaniline (PAni) doped SnO 2 thin films sensors prepared by chemical route have been studied towards the trace level detection of NO 2 gas. The structural, optical and surface morphological properties of the PAni doped SnO 2 thin films were investigated by performing X-ray diffraction (XRD), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Raman spectroscopy measurements. A good correlation has been identified between the microstructural and gas sensing properties of these prepared sensors. Out of these films, 1% PAni doped SnO 2 sensor showed high sensitivity towards NO 2 gas along with a sensitivity of 3.01 × 102 at 40°C for 10 ppm of gas. On exposure to NO 2 gas, resistance of all sensors increased to a large extent, even greater than three orders of magnitude. These changes in resistance upon removal of NO 2 gas are found to be reversible in nature and the prepared composite film sensors showed good sensitivity with relatively faster response/recovery speeds.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 440
Author(s):  
Daniel Garcia-Osorio ◽  
Pilar Hidalgo-Falla ◽  
Henrique E. M. Peres ◽  
Josue M. Gonçalves ◽  
Koiti Araki ◽  
...  

Gas sensors are fundamental for continuous online monitoring of volatile organic compounds. Gas sensors based on semiconductor materials have demonstrated to be highly competitive, but are generally made of expensive materials and operate at high temperatures, which are drawbacks of these technologies. Herein is described a novel ethanol sensor for room temperature (25 °C) measurements based on hematite (α‑Fe2O3)/silver nanoparticles. The AgNPs were shown to increase the oxide semiconductor charge carrier density, but especially to enhance the ethanol adsorption rate boosting the selectivity and sensitivity, thus allowing quantification of ethanol vapor in 2–35 mg L−1 range with an excellent linear relationship. In addition, the α-Fe2O3/Ag 3.0 wt% nanocomposite is cheap, and easy to make and process, imparting high perspectives for real applications in breath analyzers and/or sensors in food and beverage industries. This work contributes to the advance of gas sensing at ambient temperature as a competitive alternative for quantification of conventional volatile organic compounds.


2019 ◽  
Vol 806 ◽  
pp. 1052-1059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhong Li ◽  
ZhengJun Yao ◽  
Azhar Ali Haidry ◽  
Tomas Plecenik ◽  
Branislav Grancic ◽  
...  

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (15) ◽  
pp. 3323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Hyoung Lee ◽  
Thanh-Binh Nguyen ◽  
Duy-Khoi Nguyen ◽  
Jae-Hun Kim ◽  
Jin-Young Kim ◽  
...  

The gas sensing properties of two novel series of Mg-incorporated metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), termed Mg-MOFs-I and -II, were assessed. The synthesized iso-reticular type Mg-MOFs exhibited good crystallinity, high thermal stability, needle-shape morphology and high surface area (up to 2900 m2·g−1), which are promising for gas sensing applications. Gas-sensing studies of gas sensors fabricated from Mg-MOFs-II revealed better sensing performance, in terms of the sensor dynamics and sensor response, at an optimal operating temperature of 200 °C. The MOF gas sensor with a larger pore size and volume showed shorter response and recovery times, demonstrating the importance of the pore size and volume on the kinetic properties of MOF-based gas sensors. The gas-sensing results obtained in this study highlight the potential of Mg-MOFs gas sensors for the practical monitoring of toxic gases in a range of environments.


2013 ◽  
Vol 690-693 ◽  
pp. 1680-1684
Author(s):  
Feng Yun Sun ◽  
Ming Hu ◽  
Peng Sun

WO3 nano-films were deposited on Al2O3 substrate by dc reactive magnetron sputtering method. The effects of preparing conditions, such as the discharge gas ratio (Ar:O2), working pressure, sputtering time and annealing temperature on microstructure, crystalline state and NO2-sensing properties of WO3 nano-films were investigated by orthogonal trial experiment method. The optimum technological conditions were determined by orthogonal test and extreme difference analysis. The crystallization, morphology and composition of WO3 thin film obtained at the optimal parameters were studied by XRD, SEM and XPS. The gas sensing mechanism was also studied. WO3 nano-film shows high sensitivity, fast response, good selectivity at the best operating temperature 200°C.


1999 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeo Hyodo ◽  
Keiko Okamoto ◽  
Yuji Takao ◽  
Yasuhiro Shimizu ◽  
Makoto Egashira

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