Journal
SENSORS
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s19020233
Keywords
volatile organic compounds; semiconductor; metal oxide; gas sensor; sensitivity
Funding
- National Foundation of China [20160414002GH, 41722405, 41874209, 20180201017GX, 2017C046-1]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which originate from painting, oil refining and vehicle exhaust emissions, are hazardous gases that have significant effects on air quality and human health. The detection of VOCs is of special importance to environmental safety. Among the various detection methods, chemoresistive semiconductor metal oxide gas sensors are considered to be the most promising technique due to their easy production, low cost and good portability. Sensitivity is an important parameter of gas sensors and is greatly affected by the microstructure, defects, catalyst, heterojunction and humidity. By adjusting the aforementioned factors, the sensitivity of gas sensors can be improved further. In this review, attention will be focused on how to improve the sensitivity of chemoresistive gas sensors towards certain common VOCs with respect to the five factors mentioned above.
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