Journal
SENSORS
Volume 15, Issue 12, Pages 31888-31903Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s151229890
Keywords
optical fiber sensors; CO2 sensors; gas sensors; chemical sensors; sol-gel coatings; silica gels; indicator dyes; absorption-based sensors
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Optical fibre carbon dioxide (CO2) sensors are reported in this article. The principle of operation of the sensors relies on the absorption of light transmitted through the fibre by a silica gel coating containing active dyes, including methyl red, thymol blue and phenol red. Stability of the sensor has been investigated for the first time for an absorption based CO2 optical fiber sensor. Influence of the silica gel coating thickness on the sensitivity and response time has also been studied. The impact of temperature and humidity on the sensor performance has been examined too. Response times of reported sensors are very short and reach 2-3 s, whereas the sensitivity of the sensor ranges from 3 to 10 for different coating thicknesses. Reported parameters make the sensor suitable for indoor and industrial use.
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