The comprehension of atmospheric pollution levels worldwide is a crucial issue for assessing the health consequences from human exposure to polluted air, and for identifying emission reductions that will be effective for minimizing the potential risks. Advanced interconnected sensors are required that could monitor on real-time toxic gaseous concentration. The success of these instruments depends on the reliability of these devices to quantify and disseminate the pollution levels to nearby citizens. Metal-oxide semiconductors are widely used as functional materials for gas sensing because of their chemo-resistive effect when interacting with gases. Mixed oxides are usually considered for the superior performances shown with respect to the single oxides. In this work, tungsten–tin mixed oxides with different Sn molar fraction (0.0018, 0.12, 0.33 and 0.89 named WS-1, WS-2, WS-3 and WS-4) were synthesized by sol-gel co-precipitation. The powders were characterized by ICP-OES analysis, spe...

Operational functionalities of air-quality W–Sn metal-oxide sensors correlating semiconductor defect levels and surface potential barriers

Morandi S.
;
Amodio A.;Giacomino A.;
2020-01-01

Abstract

The comprehension of atmospheric pollution levels worldwide is a crucial issue for assessing the health consequences from human exposure to polluted air, and for identifying emission reductions that will be effective for minimizing the potential risks. Advanced interconnected sensors are required that could monitor on real-time toxic gaseous concentration. The success of these instruments depends on the reliability of these devices to quantify and disseminate the pollution levels to nearby citizens. Metal-oxide semiconductors are widely used as functional materials for gas sensing because of their chemo-resistive effect when interacting with gases. Mixed oxides are usually considered for the superior performances shown with respect to the single oxides. In this work, tungsten–tin mixed oxides with different Sn molar fraction (0.0018, 0.12, 0.33 and 0.89 named WS-1, WS-2, WS-3 and WS-4) were synthesized by sol-gel co-precipitation. The powders were characterized by ICP-OES analysis, spe...
2020
706
135731
135740
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Nano-crystalline sensing functions; Surface potential barrier; Thick film gas sensors; UV-Vis-NIR and FT-IR spectroscopies; W-Sn mixed oxides
Morandi S.; Amodio A.; Fioravanti A.; Giacomino A.; Mazzocchi M.; Sacerdoti M.; Carotta M.C.; Skouloudis A.N.
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