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Bartolomé Vílchez, Javier and Taeño González, María and Martínez Casado, Ruth and Maestre Varea, David and Cremades Rodríguez, Ana Isabel (2022) Ethanol gas sensing mechanisms of p-type NiO at room temperature. Applied Surface Science, 579 . p. 152134. ISSN 0169-4332
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.152134
Abstract
Conductometric gas sensors based on metal oxide semiconductors (MOS) usually require high temperature operation, increasing their energy consumption and limiting their applicability. However, room temperature operation with these devices still remains a challenge in many sensor-analyte systems due in part to the low or null response and recovery speeds obtained at this temperature. In this work, the conductometric response of ptype NiO ceramic samples to ethanol is studied under room temperature operation. An anomalous response consisting in an unexpected resistance decrease upon ethanol exposure is observed depending on sample texturing, which is tuned by changing the temperature at which the samples are synthesized. This anomalous response is characterized by fast response and recovery times. A model based on two competing mechanisms, consisting in either an electron transfer from NiO to the ethanol molecule or the catalytic decomposition of adsorbed ethanol, is proposed to explain the observed anomalous response. Extending this model to other MOS could pave the way for fast sensors operating at room temperature.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | CRUE-CSIC (Acuerdos Transformativos 2021) |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Nickel oxide; Conductometric gas sensing; Charge transfer; Adsorption; Electron backscattered diffraction |
Subjects: | Sciences > Physics Sciences > Physics > Solid state physics |
ID Code: | 69431 |
Deposited On: | 11 Jan 2022 19:32 |
Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2022 09:48 |
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