Analyzing BaSrTiO₃ gas sensor properties under NO₂ exposure: the impact of impedance spectroscopy

• Autorzy: Szafraniak Bartłomiej , Fuśnik Łukasz , Xu Jie , Gao Feng , Brudnik Andrzej , Drewniak Sabina , Maciak Erwin , Błajszczak Łukasz , Rydosz Artur

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DOI

10.24425/mms.2025.152774

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Impedance spectroscopy is an appropriate technique for studying the complexity of materials, in which their different frequency relationships can be exploited in such a manner that they can be efficiently separated. Barium strontium titanate BaSrTiO₃ (BST) is a ferroelectric material with unique properties that make it useful in a range of electronic applications. BST plays an important role in the field of gas-sensing applications. The potential application of BST material as a gas sensor for detecting nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) in the atmosphere was studied. Impedance spectroscopy studies were conducted across a wide frequency range from 10^-1 to 10⁶ Hz, in the temperature range of 100˚C to 350˚C and a relative humidity of 50%, and both in air and the presence of NO₂ in concentrations from 0.5 to 5 ppm. The results of the impedance analysis indicate that the broadband models, which comprise both single and parallel RC elements, can accurately represent the NO₂ gas interaction mechanism with the gas-sensitive layer of the BST material. These models were found to effectively capture changes in parameters associated with the interaction.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

impedance spectroscopy; gas sensors; nitrogen dioxide; barium strontium titanate; BaSrTiO3

• Wydawca: Komitet Metrologii i Aparatury Naukowej PAN
• Czasopismo: Metrology and Measurement Systems
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: Vol. 32, nr 1
• Strony: 1--19
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 58 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

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Szafraniak Bartłomiej

• Institute of Electronics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Fuśnik Łukasz

• Institute of Electronics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Xu Jie

• State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7317-2450

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Gao Feng

• State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

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Brudnik Andrzej

• Institute of Electronics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Drewniak Sabina

• Department of Optoelectronics, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

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Maciak Erwin

• Department of Optoelectronics, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

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Błajszczak Łukasz

• Department of Surface Engineering and Materials Characterization, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Rydosz Artur

• Institute of Electronics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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The work was financially supported by the National Science Centre Poland under grant NCN OPUS 2021/41/B/ST7/00276.