Sensing mechanism of Pd-doped SnO2 sensor for LPG detection |
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Authors: | J.K. Srivastava Preeti Pandey V.N. Mishra R. Dwivedi |
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Affiliation: | aCenter for Research in Microelectronics, Department of Electronics Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India |
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Abstract: | In the present work, studies have been made to analyze the sensitivity, response, recovery time and sensing mechanism of Pd-doped thick film SnO2 sensor for detection of LPG. To achieve this, thick film Pd-doped (0.25 and 1% by weight in available Indium doped SnO2 thick film paste supplied by ESL, USA) along with an undoped (Indium doped) SnO2 sensors were fabricated on a 1″ × 1″ alumina substrate. It consists of a gas sensitive layer (doped SnO2), a pair of electrodes underneath the gas sensing layer serving as a contact pad for sensor. Also, a heater element on the backside of the substrate was printed for generating appropriate operating temperature at the substrate necessary for acquiring gas sensing properties. The sensor doped with 1% palladium showed the maximum sensitivity of 72% at 350 °C for 0.5% concentration of LPG. Possible detailed sensing mechanism of Pd-doped SnO2 sensor for LPG detection has been proposed. |
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Keywords: | Thick film sensor Tin oxide Gas sensing mechanism Response and recovery time |
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