Ammonia Detection at Low Temperature by Tungsten Oxide Nanowires

Abstract

Ammonia detection at low temperatures below 150 °C is attractive to be well suited for flexible substrates in terms of thermal strain and to specific environment not allowing high temperature such as explosive one. In commercial gas sensors, tungsten trioxide is the mostly used semiconducting metal oxide after tin dioxide. We report herein the efficiency of tungsten trioxide nanowires deposited on rigid substrate by drop coating from colloidal solution. This study provides an interesting approach to fabricate ammonia sensors on conformable substrate with significant properties for applications in environmental monitoring devices.

Keywords

• ammonia
• gas sensor
• tungsten oxide nanowires
• environmental monitoring