Effect of Nanostructured Octahedral SnO₂ Added with a Binary Mixture P-Type and N-Type Metal Oxide on CO Detection

Abstract

In this work, we study the effect of nanostructured octahedral SnO2 added with a binary mixture p-type and n-type metal oxide semiconductors of CuO and ZnO, on CO detection at two concentrations (100 ppm and 1000 ppm). These metal oxides (SnO2 and binary mixture of CuO75%/ZnO25%) are prepared in the form of a serigraphy paste and deposited on an optimized silicon micro-hotplate. The sensors can be operated at temperature of 550 °C with a low energy consumption of only 55 mW. The binary and ternary mixtures of metal oxide are operated at different working temperature to optimize their sensitivity to CO.

Keywords

• octahedral SnO2
• CuO nanoparticules
• ZnO nanoparticules
• binary mixtures
• ternary mixtures
• gas sensors
• sensitivity
• CO