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Inverse Opal Nanoassemblies: Novel Architectures for Gas Sensors The SnO2:Zn Case

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Alessandra Sutti ,
Gianluca Calestani ,
Chiara Dionigi ,
Camilla Baratto ,
Matteo Ferroni ,
Guido Faglia  and
Giorgio Sberveglieri
Alessandra Sutti
Affiliation:
[email protected], Universita' degli Studi di Parma, Dip.to di Chimica G.I.A.F., Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, Parma, Italy, 43100, Italy, 0061413207551
Gianluca Calestani
Affiliation:
[email protected], Universita' degli Studi di Parma, Dip.to di Chimica G.I.A.F., Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, Parma, Italy, 43100, Italy
Chiara Dionigi
Affiliation:
[email protected], CNR, ISMN, Via P. Gobetti 101, Bologna, Italy, 40129, Italy
Camilla Baratto
Affiliation:
[email protected], CNR - INFM - Universita' di Brescia, Dipartimento di Chimica e Fisica per l'Ingegneria e per i Materiali, Via Valotti 9, Brescia, Italy, 25133, Italy
Matteo Ferroni
Affiliation:
[email protected], CNR - INFM - Universita' di Brescia, Dipartimento di Chimica e Fisica per l'Ingegneria e per i Materiali, Via Valotti 9, Brescia, Italy, 25133, Italy
Guido Faglia
Affiliation:
[email protected], CNR - INFM - Universita' di Brescia, Dipartimento di Chimica e Fisica per l'Ingegneria e per i Materiali, Via Valotti 9, Brescia, Italy, 25133, Italy
Giorgio Sberveglieri
Affiliation:
[email protected], CNR - INFM - Universita' di Brescia, Dipartimento di Chimica e Fisica per l'Ingegneria e per i Materiali, Via Valotti 9, Brescia, Italy, 25133, Italy
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Abstract

A novel technique is here presented, based on inverse opal metal oxide structures for the production of high quality macro and meso-porous structures for gas sensing. Taking advantage of a sol-gel templated approach, different mixed semiconducting oxides with high surface area, commonly used in chemical sensing application, were synthesized. In this work we report the comparison between SnO2 and SnO2:Zn. As witnessed by Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy (SEM and TEM) analyses and by Powder x-ray Diffraction (PXRD), highly ordered meso-porous structures were formed with oxide crystalline size never exceeding 20 nm. The filled templates, in form of thick films, were bound to allumina substrate with Pt interdigitated contacts and Pt heater, through in situ calcination,in order to perform standard electrical characterization. Pollutant gases like CO and NO2 and methanol, as interfering gas, were used for the targeted electrical gas tests. All samples showed low detection limits towards both reducing and oxidizing species in low temperature measurements. Moreover, the addiction of high molar percentages of Zn(II) affected the behaviour of electrical response improving the selectivity of the proposed system.

Keywords

sensorsemiconductingoxide
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 915: Symposium R – Nanostructured Materials and Hybrid Composites for Gas Sensors and Biomedical Applications , 2006 , 0915-R07-06
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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