Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 132, Issue 1, Pages 239-242Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2008.01.028
Keywords
SnO2; nanorod thin film; Pd doping; gas sensing
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SnO2 nanorod thin films have been prepared by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) with postplasma. treatment. The SnO2 nanorod thin films were surface modified with Pd nanoparticles and their sensing properties towards H-2 and ethanol gas were studied. It was found that the Pd-doped SnO2 nanorod thin film sensor exhibits 6 and 2.5 times better response to 1000 ppm H-2 and ethanol at 300 degrees C compared to the un-doped sample. The improved gas-sensing properties were believed to result from the formation of electron depletion layer and enhanced catalytic dissociation of molecular adsorbates on the Pd nanoparticle surfaces. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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