Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 114, Issue 1, Pages 109-119Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2005.04.016
Keywords
NO2 gas sensor; mesoporous MCM-41; transition metal; surface photovoltage
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W- and V-modified mesoporous MCM-41 thin films were investigated as an NO2 gas sensor operable at room temperature employing surface photovoltage (SPV) technique. The self-ordered and structure-controlled of W- and V-modified mesoporous silica MCM-41 were prepared by a molecule surfactant template method using spin coating. The resulting thin films were then applied as a SPV NO2 gas sensor based on a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) structure. The W- and V-modified mesoporous silica were highly sensitive to a low concentration of NO2, as low as 350 ppb, at room temperature. The mechanism of NO2 detection is attributed to both the surface area, which is contributed to the change of dielectric constant, and the amount of the tungsten and vanadium incorporated, which is contributed to the change of semiconductor surface charge. The W-modified mesoporous MCM-41 was found to have better sensing properties than those of the Sn- and V-modified mesoporous MCM-41. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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