Relationships between sensitivity, catalytic activity, and surface areas of SnO gas sensors

Citation
Gj. Li et al., Relationships between sensitivity, catalytic activity, and surface areas of SnO gas sensors, SENS ACTU-B, 60(1), 1999, pp. 64-70
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
ISSN journal
09254005 → ACNP
Volume
60
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
64 - 70
Database
ISI
SICI code
0925-4005(19991102)60:1<64:RBSCAA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
SnO2 having different surface areas were synthesized using a surfactant-tem plating synthetic method. The effects of surface areas of the obtained SnO2 on their gas sensing and catalytic properties were investigated. interesti ngly, a linear relationship was found between the surface areas of SnO2 and their gas sensitivities to H-2 and CO. Furthermore, a linear relationship was observed between the surface areas and the catalytic activities of SnO2 in the oxidation of H-2 and CO. Based on the fact that the mechanisms for catalytic reactions and gas-sensing processes both involve surface adsorpti on and reaction between surface-adsorbed oxygen species and surrounding gas es (H-2 or CO), the relationship between these two mechanisms occurring on SnO2 surfaces is discussed. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reser ved.