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Highly sensitive mixed oxide sensors for the detection of ethanol

de Lacy Costello, Ben; Ewen, R.J; Guernion, N.; Ratcliffe, Norman M.

Authors

R.J Ewen

N. Guernion

Norman Ratcliffe Norman.Ratcliffe@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Materials & Sensors Science



Abstract

Sensors consisting of mixtures of tin dioxide and zinc oxide powders in a range of proportions were constructed. Each mixture was applied to an electrode-bearing alumina substrate either as a paste, or by screen printing. The responses of these sensors, and of three commercially-available Figaro sensors, to ethanol vapour in the 1-1000 parts-per-billion (ppb) range were measured. At 100 ppb of ethanol vapour, the most sensitive paste sensor (25% SnO2/75% ZnO) exhibited a response that was more than twice that of the screen-printed sensors, and almost 60 times greater than that of the most sensitive Figaro sensor (TGS822). © 2002 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Nov 15, 2002
Deposit Date May 8, 2013
Journal Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical
Print ISSN 0925-4005
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 87
Issue 1
Pages 207-210
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/S0925-4005%2802%2900220-4
Keywords tin dioxide, zinc oxide, mixed oxide sensor, ethanol sensor, electronic nose
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1075682
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0925-4005(02)00220-4
Contract Date Nov 15, 2016