CO sensing with SnO2 thick film sensors: role of oxygen and water vapour

The paper investigates the gas response of nanocrystalline SnO2 based thick film sensors upon exposure to CO in changing water vapour (H2O) and O2 backgrounds. The sensing materials were undoped, Pt- and Pd-doped SnO2. Authors found that in the absence of oxygen, the sensor signal (defined as the ra...

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Published in:Thin solid films 2003-07, Vol.436 (1), p.17-24
Main Authors: HAHN, S. H, BARSAN, N, WEIMAR, U, EJAKOV, S. G, VISSER, J. H, SOLTIS, R. E
Format: Article
Language:English
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Analytical chemistry
Chemistry
Exact sciences and technology
General equipment and techniques
General, instrumentation
Instruments, apparatus, components and techniques common to several branches of physics and astronomy
Physics
Sensors (chemical, optical, electrical, movement, gas, etc.)
remote sensing
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Summary:The paper investigates the gas response of nanocrystalline SnO2 based thick film sensors upon exposure to CO in changing water vapour (H2O) and O2 backgrounds. The sensing materials were undoped, Pt- and Pd-doped SnO2. Authors found that in the absence of oxygen, the sensor signal (defined as the ratio between the resistance in the background gas, R0 and the resistance in the presence of the target gases, R, namely R0/R) have the highest values. These values are higher for doped materials than for the undoped ones. The presence of humidity increases dramatically the sensor signal of the doped materials. In the presence of oxygen, the sensor signal decreases for all sensor materials. The results indicate that there is a competitive adsorption between O2 and H2O related surface species and, as a result, different sensing mechanisms can be observed for CO. 18 refs.
ISSN:0040-6090
1879-2731
DOI:10.1016/S0040-6090(03)00520-0