ISSN:
1662-0356
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Natural Sciences in General
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Technology
Notes:
Nanostructured semiconductor metal oxides have played a central role in the gas sensingresearch field, because of their high sensitivity, selectivity and low response time. Among all theprocesses, developed for the synthesis of nanostructured metal oxides, gel combustion seems to bethe most promising route due to low-cost precursors and simplicity of the process. It combineschemical gelation and combustion, involving the formation of a gel from an acqueous solution andan exothermic redox reaction, yielding to very porous and softly agglomerated nanopowders.In this work, nanostructured tin oxide, SnO2, and titanium oxide, TiO2, have been synthesizedthrough gel combustion. Powders showed nanometric particle size and high specific surface area.The so-obtained TiO2 and SnO2 nanopowders have been used as sensitive element of resistive λsensor and ethanol sensor respectively, realized depositing films of nanopowders dispersed in wateronto alumina substrates provided with Pt contacts and heater. TiO2-based sensors showed at hightemperature good response, fast response time, linearity in a wide range of O2 concentration andlong-term stability. SnO2-based sensors have shown high sensitivity to low concentrations ofethanol at moderate temperature
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/42/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FAST.45.1828.pdf
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