The effect of grain size on the sensitivity of nanocrystalline metal-oxide gas sensors

A Rothschild, Y Komem - Journal of Applied Physics, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of grain size on the sensitivity of chemoresistive nanocrystalline metal-oxide gas
sensors was evaluated by calculating the effective carrier concentration as a function of the …

Nanocrystalline SnO gas sensors in view of surface reactions and modifications

S Seal, S Shukla - Jom, 2002 - Springer
The gas-sensing mechanism of an n-type semiconductor (tin dioxide) gas sensor is
reviewed in this paper. It is demonstrated that very high sensitivity can be obtained only …

Metal oxide nano-crystals for gas sensing

E Comini - Analytica chimica acta, 2006 - Elsevier
This review article is focused on the description of metal oxide single crystalline
nanostructures used for gas sensing. Metal oxide nano-wires are crystalline structures with …

Transition between neck-controlled and grain-boundary-controlled sensitivity of metal-oxide gas sensors

X Wang, SS Yee, WP Carey - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 1995 - Elsevier
This paper studies the principles of gas-modulated grain-size effects on the electrical
conductivity and gas sensitivity of metal-oxide gas sensors. A model that combines both the …

[引用][C] Room‐temperature gas sensing based on electron transfer between discrete tin oxide nanocrystals and multiwalled carbon nanotubes

G Lu, LE Ocola, J Chen - Advanced Materials, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Miniaturized gas sensors based on nanostructured sensing elements have attracted
considerable interest because nanostructured materials, such as nanocrystals,[1, 2] …

The Role of Surface Oxygen Vacancies in the NO2 Sensing Properties of SnO2 Nanocrystals

M Epifani, JD Prades, E Comini, E Pellicer… - The Journal of …, 2008 - ACS Publications
SnO2 nanocrystals were prepared by injecting a hydrolyzed methanol solution of SnCl4 into
a tetradecene solution of dodecylamine. The resulting materials were annealed at 500° C …

Microfabricated gas sensor systems with sensitive nanocrystalline metal-oxide films

M Graf, A Gurlo, N Barsan, U Weimar… - Journal of Nanoparticle …, 2006 - Springer
This article gives an overview on recent developments in metal-oxide-based gas sensor
systems, in particular on nanocrystalline oxide materials deposited on modern, state-of-the …

Role of oxygen vacancies in nanostructured metal-oxide gas sensors: a review

M Al-Hashem, S Akbar, P Morris - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2019 - Elsevier
Investigations into the mechanisms governing the behavior of metal oxide gas sensors
continue to be of great interest. Oxygen vacancies are a ubiquitous defect in this class of …

Thick-film gas sensors based on nano-sized semiconducting oxide powders

G Martinelli, MC Carotta, E Traversa, G Ghiotti - MRS Bulletin, 1999 - cambridge.org
In materials science, great emphasis is currently being given to work on structures at the
nanometer scale in order to study the unique physical properties which derive from size …

Tailored nanoparticle films from monosized tin oxide nanocrystals: particle synthesis, film formation, and size-dependent gas-sensing properties

MK Kennedy, FE Kruis, H Fissan, BR Mehta… - Journal of Applied …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
In order to investigate the change of gas-sensitive properties of undoped tin oxide
nanoparticle films depending on particle size, a thin film synthesis technique has been …