期刊
CHEMOSENSORS
卷 10, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors10010011
关键词
adsorption kinetics; NO2 sensors; titanium dioxide; p-type semiconductors; second order adsorption model
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51850410506]
- Central University Basic Scientific Research Business Expenses Special Funds [NG2020002]
- DAAD-DLR Fellowship Program [165]
Metal oxides are promising materials for gas detection, but their limited operating temperature and selectivity are important issues. This study fabricated a Pt/Cr-TiO2/Pt sensor structure and successfully improved sensor performance by reducing the operating temperature and selectively detecting low NO2 concentrations. The adsorption kinetics of NO2 were also investigated using different models, and the sensing mechanism was discussed based on the results.
Metal oxides are excellent candidates for the detection of various gases; however, the issues such as the limited operating temperature and selectivity are the most important ones requiring the comprehensive understanding of gas adsorption kinetics on the sensing layer surfaces. To this context, the present study focuses mainly on the fabrication of a Pt/Cr-TiO2/Pt type sensor structure that is highly suitable in reducing the operating temperature (from 400 to 200 degrees C), extending the lower limit NO2 gas concentration (below 10 ppm) with fast response (37 s) and recovery (24 s) times. This illustrates that the sensor performance is not only solely dependent on the nature of sensing material, but also, it is significantly enhanced by using such a new kind of electrode geometry. Moreover, Cr doping into TiO2 culminates in altering the sensor response from n- to p-type and thus contributes to sensor performance enhancement by detecting low NO2 concentrations selectively at reduced operating temperatures. In addition, the NO2 surface adsorption kinetics are studied by fitting the obtained sensor response curves with Elovich, inter-particle diffusion, and pseudo first-order and pseudo second-order adsorption models. It is found that a pseudo first-order reaction model describes the best NO2 adsorption kinetics toward 7-170 ppm NO2 gas at 200 degrees C. Finally, the sensing mechanism is discussed on the basis of the obtained results.
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