The application of a non-stationary regime of temperature modulation in metal oxide semiconductor sensor based on SnO2–Ag leads not only to a strongly increased sensor response, but also to a considerably improved sensor selectivity toward hydrogen sulfide. Selectivity with respect to other reducing gases (CO, NH3, H2) is about five orders of magnitude, enabling a correct selective determination of H2S in the presence of interfering gas components.
The paper is devoted for a solution of indoors fires prevention at early stage by determination of H2 (fire precursor gas) in air using a semiconductor sensor. A material based on Pt-containing nanosized tin dioxide with an average particle size of 10–11 nm obtained via a sol–gel method was created for a gas sensitive layer of the sensor. The developed sensor has high sensitivity to H2 micro concentration, a wide range of its detectable content in air, selectivity of H2 measuring in the presence of СО and СН4, good dynamic properties. The combination of these properties is very important for prevention of inflammations on their early stages before the open fires appearance. Economic benefit of the proposed sensor is due to a lower cost and higher reliability of the fire situation detection.
Nanosized semiconductor sensor materials based on SnO2 with different palladium contents were obtained via zol-gel technology with the use of ethylene glycol and hydrate of tin (VI) chloride as precursors. Morphology and phase composition of nanosized sensor materials were studied by X-ray diffraction and TEM methods. Catalytic activities of the Pd/SnO2 nanomaterials in the reaction of H2 and CO oxidation were investigated. Adsorption semiconductor sensors based on Pd/SnO2 nanomaterials were made by their calcination up to 620 0C in air and the sensors were found to be highly sensitive to presence of CO and CH4 in air ambient. Higher responses to CO of Pd-containing sensors in comparison with their responses to CH4 were confirmed by higher reaction activity of CO in catalytic oxidation reaction. Differences in sensitive properties of the sensors to methane and carbon monoxide were explained by features of the catalytic reactions of methane and carbon monoxide oxidation occurring on surfaces of the gas sensitive layers of the sensors.
Selective Determination of Hydrogen Sulfide Using SnO2–Ag Sensor Working in Non-Stationary Temperature Regime
