A New Insight into Cross-Sensitivity to Humidity of SnO2 Sensor

Zhu, He; Li, Qiang; Ren, Yang; Gao, Qilong; Chen, Jun; Wang, Na; Deng, Jinxia; Xing, Xianran

doi:10.1002/smll.201703974

A New Insight into Cross-Sensitivity to Humidity of SnO₂ Sensor

Journal Article · Mon Jan 29 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Small

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201703974· OSTI ID:1471538

Zhu, He ^[1]; Li, Qiang ^[1]; Ren, Yang ^[2]; Gao, Qilong ^[1]; Chen, Jun ^[1]; Wang, Na ^[1]; Deng, Jinxia ^[1]; Xing, Xianran ^[1]

Univ. of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing (China)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Here, the efficiency of gas sensors varies enormously from fundamental study to practical application. This big gap comes mainly from the complex and unpredictable effect of atmospheric environment, especially in humidity. Here, the cross-sensitivity to humidity of a SnO₂ sensor from local structural and lattice evolutions is studied. The sensing response of ethanol is found to be efficiently activated by adsorbing trace of water but inhibited as humidity increases. By X-ray diffraction, pair distribution function of synchrotron and ab initio calculations, the independent effect of water and ethanol on lattice and local structure are clearly revealed, which elucidate the intricate sensing reactions. The formation of hydrogen bonds and repulsion of ethoxides play key roles in the structural distortions, and also in adsorption energies that are critical to the sensitive behavior. The results show the sensor performance coupled with local structural evolution, which provides a new insight into the controversial effects of humidity on SnO₂ sensors.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Scientific User Facilities Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1471538

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1418415

Journal Information:: Small, Journal Name: Small Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 14; ISSN 1613-6810

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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