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Oxygen Sensing of Pt/PEO-TiO2 in Humid Atmospheres at Moderate Temperatures

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SENSORS
卷 21, 期 7, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.3390/s21072558

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plasma electrolytic oxidation; titanium dioxide; Pt/TiO2; ionosorption; oxygen gas sensor

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  1. Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf

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The presence of adsorbed water enhances the oxygen-sensing properties of Pt/TiO2 at moderate temperatures, counteracting the limitations imposed by high oxygen partial pressure in ambient air. Additionally, response and recovery times to temporal oxygen exposure decrease with humidity levels.
Here, we show that the presence of adsorbed water improves the oxygen-sensing properties of Pt/TiO2 at moderate temperatures. The studied interface is based on porous plasma electrolytic oxidized titanium (PEO-TiO2) covered with platinum clusters. The electrical resistance across Pt/PEO-TiO2 is explained by an electronic depletion layer. Oxygen adsorbates further increase the depletion by inducing extrinsic interface states, which are occupied by TiO2 conduction band electrons. The high oxygen partial pressure in ambient air substantially limits the electron transport across the interface. Our DC measurements at defined levels of humidity at 30 degrees C show that adsorbed water counteracts this shortcoming, allowing oxygen sensing at room conditions. In addition, response and recovery times from temporal oxygen exposure decrease with humidity. We attribute the effects to competing adsorption processes and reactions of water with adsorbed oxygen species and/or lattice oxygen, which involve electron re-injection to the TiO2 conduction band. Elevated temperatures up to 170 degrees C attenuate the effects, presumably due to the lower binding strength to the surface of molecular water compared with oxygen adsorbates.

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