SnO/sub 2/ sensors with variable operating temperature for CO detection: selectivity enhancement

SENSORS, 2002 IEEE - Tập 1 - Trang 361-365 vol.1
A. Burresi1, A. Fort1, S. Rocchi1, B. Serrano1, N. Ulivieri1, V. Vignoli1, G. Sberveglieri2, E. Comini2, E. Zampiceni2
1Department of Information Engineering, University of Sienna, Siena, Italy
2INFM and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Tóm tắt

SnO/sub 2/ sensors are widely used for the detection of air contaminants such as CO. Nevertheless, their application encounters many problems, first of all the effect of interfering gases. The low selectivity is in fact a well-known problem of these sensors. Moreover, the high operating temperature of metal oxide sensors implies in general high power consumption. In this work we present a study aimed at the selection of an appropriate measurement technique for the detection of CO for indoor applications (100 ppm CO), also in presence of high concentrations of ethanol (1000 ppm C/sub 2/H/sub 5/OH). Moreover, the work aims at developing very low size and power consumption devices, that could be battery operated, to be used for the development of portable CO detectors.

Từ khóa

#Gas detectors #Temperature sensors #Ethanol #Sensor phenomena and characterization #Sensor arrays #Gases #Energy consumption #Measurement techniques #Temperature measurement #Pulse measurements

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