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Tungsten Oxide Based Sensor for Oxygen Detection
摘要: In this paper we report on the development tungsten oxide based chemiresistive sensors for the monitoring of oxygen at low temperatures (T ≤ 400 °C) in dry and humid air. The sensors were deposited onto alumina substrate by a combination of spin coating and a photolithographic process to define the sensing area. Our results show that the sensors comply with a linear relationship over a 0 to 20% concentration range, with a high response towards oxygen. The highest response was observed at 350 °C (ΔR/Ra = 7.8) in humid and in dry air (ΔR/Ra = 18). This result is a significant improvement over our previous experiments and we believe to take the concept of a metal-oxide based oxygen sensor a step closer.
关键词: metal oxide,tungsten oxide,oxygen detection,humidity effect
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Gas Sensing with Iridium Oxide Nanoparticle Decorated Carbon Nanotubes
摘要: The properties of multi-wall carbon nanotubes decorated with iridium oxide nanoparticles (IrOx-MWCNTs) are studied to detect harmful gases such as nitrogen dioxide and ammonia. IrOx nanoparticles were synthetized using a two-step method, based on a hydrolysis and acid condensation growth mechanism. The metal oxide nanoparticles obtained were employed for decorating the sidewalls of carbon nanotubes. Iridium-oxide nanoparticle decorated carbon nanotube material showed higher and more stable responses towards NH3 and NO2 than bare carbon nanotubes under different experimental conditions, establishing the optimal operating temperatures and estimating the limits of detection and quantification. Furthermore, the nanomaterials employed were studied using different morphological and compositional characterization techniques and a gas sensing mechanism is proposed.
关键词: carbon nanotubes,relative humidity effect,metal nanoparticles,iridium oxide,chemoresistive gas sensor
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Humidity effect on adsorption kinetics of ammonia onto electrospun SnO <sub/>2</sub> nanofibers
摘要: Tin dioxide nanofibers were successfully synthesized by electrospinning homogeneous solution of SnCl4·5H2O in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and the potential of SnO2 nanofibers as ammonia sensing element at room temperature were also investigated. A logarithmic dependence of sensitivity on ammonia concentration was observed. We further investigate the effect of relative humidity between 0% and 70% on ammonia sensing performance of SnO2 nanofibers based conductometric sensor for the first time. Sensing experiments showed that both the baseline sensor current and the response-recovery characteristics of the SnO2 based sensor modified by pre humidification of sensing layer' surface. To study the adsorption kinetics pseudo first order and Elovich models was used and the first order kinetic model best describes the ammonia adsorption onto the SnO2 nanofibers for low concentrations (≤80 ppm) of ammonia, irrespective of humidity level. On the other hand, the results describe the best representation of Elovich model, as evidenced by the high correlation coefficients, for high concentrations of ammonia gas.
关键词: adsorption kinetics,humidity effect,ammonia sensing,electrospinning,response time
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Effect of relative humidity during the preparation of perovskite solar cells: Performance and stability
摘要: Humidity is one of the main environmental factors that limits performance and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSC); it plays a critical role during the preparation of the perovskite film, influencing the crystal growth. In this work, it is investigated the effect of the relative humidity (RH) and type of atmosphere (nitrogen vs air) used during the deposition of both perovskite layer and hole extraction layer (HEL). While humidity and oxygen seem not to affect the HEL deposition step, the perovskite layer is notoriously influenced by the RH and by the presence of oxygen during its deposition. Until 10% of RH, the performance of devices prepared with a triple-cation perovskite layer deposited under a nitrogen environment was mostly unaffected, whilst for devices deposited in air that limit is lower. On the other hand, for high RH values (above 30%), devices prepared with a triple-cation perovskite layer deposited under N2 presented slightly better stability over time than the ones prepared under air. The best-performing device was prepared with a triple-cation perovskite layer deposited under dry air, presenting a power conversion efficiency of 16.7%. These results are of critical value when designing a plant for fabricating PSC showing that the perovskite layer may be deposited under a simple dry air atmosphere (RH < 1%).
关键词: Stability,Perovskite solar cells,Relative humidity effect,Crystal growth,Energy conversion
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57