Gas-sensing performance enhancement in ZnS/polymer films by homogenous morphology surface

Surface Morphology and Sensing Property of NiO-WO3 Thin Films Prepared by Thermal Evaporation

WO3 and NiO-WO3 thin films of various thicknesses were deposited on an Al2O3-Si (alumina-silicon) substrate using high vacuum thermal evaporation. After annealing at 500C for 30 minutes in air, the crystallanity and surface morphology of WO3 and NiO-WO3 thin films were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). It is observed that the WO3 thin films were ...

Enhanced methanol sensing performance of oblique deposited WO3 thin films

Methanol (CH3OH) is a colorless liquid with a mild odor. The wide ranges of applications, toxicity and clinical implications of methanol have made necessary to develop reliable and high-performance methanol sensors. In this paper, WO3 thin films were deposited on SiO2/Si substrates by e-beam evaporation technique under normal and oblique angles and then post-annealed at 500 °C with a flow of ox...

PREPARATION OF MoO3 THIN FILMS BY SPRAY PYROLYSIS AND ITS GAS SENSING PERFORMANCE

MoO3 thin films have been prepared by a simple spray pyrolysis technique at substrate temperature 250C. The structure and morphology of thin films are characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy and UV-vis spectroscopy. The gas sensing properties of MoO3 thin film is studied at gas concentration 400 ppm and working temperature of 100–400 C. It was found that th...

Thin SnOx films for surface plasmon resonance enhanced ellipsometric gas sensing (SPREE)

Background: Gas sensors are very important in several fields like gas monitoring, safety and environmental applications. In this approach, a new gas sensing concept is investigated which combines the powerful adsorption probability of metal oxide conductive sensors (MOS) with an optical ellipsometric readout. This concept shows promising results to solve the problems of cross sensitivity of the...

Gas sensing properties of pure and surface modified SrTiO 3 thick films