Gas sensors based on metal oxide nanoparticles and their application for environmentally hazardous gases detection – a mini-review

• Autorzy: Jońca Justyna , Sówka Izabela

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DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0016.3143

Warianty tytułu

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Czujniki na bazie nanocząstek tlenków metali i ich zastosowanie w detekcji gazów niebezpiecznych dla środowiska

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Hazardous gases have adverse effects on living organisms and the environment. They can be classified into two categories, i.e. toxic gases (e.g. H2 S, SO2 , CO, NO2 , NO and NH3 ) and greenhouse gases (e.g. N2 O, CH4 and CO2 ). Moreover, their presence in confined areas may lead to fire accidents, cause serious health problems or even death. Therefore, monitoring of these substances with gas sensors allows assessing the quality of the atmosphere, helps avoiding accidents and saves lives. Metal oxide semiconductor gas sensors (MOS) are one of the most popular choices for these applications owing to their numerous advantages, i.e. high sensitivity, long lifetime and short response time. However, these devices have their limitations as well. They exhibit baseline drift, sensor poisoning and poor selectivity. Although much has been done in order to deal with those problems, the improvement of MOS sensors continues to attract researchers’ attention. The strict control of gas sensing materials preparation is one of the approaches that helps to improve MOS sensors performance. Nanomaterials have been found to be more suitable candidates for gas detection than materials designed at microscale. Moreover, it was found that the regular and ordered morphology of metal oxide nanostructures, their loading with noble metals, or the formation of heterojunctions can exert additional influence on the properties of these nanostructures and improve their gas sensing performance, which will be described in the following sections of this paper. Following a discussion of the operation principle of MOS sensors, a comprehensive review of the synthesis and application of metal oxide nanoparticles in the construction of the MOS sensors dedicated for environmentally hazardous gases is presented. The paper discusses also present issues and future research directions concerning application of nanotechnology for gas sensing.

PL

Niebezpieczne gazy mają niekorzystny wpływ na organizmy żywe i środowisko. Zaliczamy do nich gazy toksyczne (np. H2 S, SO2 , CO, NO2 , NO i NH3 ), gazy cieplarniane (np. N2 O, CH4 i CO2 ). Co więcej, ich obecność w zamkniętych pomieszczeniach może doprowadzić do pożarów, spowodować poważne problemy zdrowotne, a nawet doprowadzić do śmierci. Monitorowanie tych substancji za pomocą czujników gazowych może pomóc uniknąć wypadków i uratować życie. Półprzewodnikowe czujniki gazowe na bazie tlenków metalu (MOS) są jednymi z najpopularniejszych w tych zastosowaniach ze względu na swoje liczne zalety, takie jak wysoka czułość, długa żywotność i krótki czas odpowiedzi. Urządzenia te mają również swoje ograniczenia, tj. wykazują dryft odpowiedzi w czasie, mogą ulec dezaktywacji i charakteryzują się słabą selektywnością, dlatego nadal prowadzone są badania nad poprawą parametrów czujników MOS. Ścisła kontrola procesu przygotowania materiałów czułych jest jedną z metod pozwalających na poprawę wydajności czujników MOS. Stwierdzono, że nanomateriały są bardziej odpowiednie do wykrywania gazów niż ich odpowiedniki zaprojektowane w mikroskali. Stwierdzono również, że regularna i uporządkowana morfologia nanostruktur tlenków metali, pokrywanie ich nanocząstkami metali szlachetnych lub tworzenie heterozłączy może poprawiać skuteczność wykrywania gazów. W przedstawionej pracy dokonano przeglądu metod syntezy i zastosowania nanocząstek tlenków metali w konstrukcji czujników gazów niebezpiecznych dla środowiska. W artykule omówiono również aktualne problemy i przyszłe kierunki badań nad zastosowaniem nanotechnologii do detekcji gazów.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

metal nanoparticles; metal oxide nanoparticles; heterojunction; gas sensors; hazardous gases

PL

nanocząstki metali; nanocząstki tlenków metali; heterozłącze; czujniki gazu; gazy niebezpieczne

• Wydawca: Szkoła Główna Służby Pożarniczej
• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe SGSP / Szkoła Główna Służby Pożarniczej
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Nr 85
• Strony: 7—27
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 52 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Jońca Justyna

• Department of Environment Protection Engineering, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland

autor

Sówka Izabela

• Department of Environment Protection Engineering, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu „Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki” - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).