The bulk SnO2 was synthesized by oxidizing the fine powder (50 mesh) of metallic tin (purity 99.99, Aldrich) powder at 750°C for 9 hrs hours in programmable temperature controlled furnace. The gross structure and phase purity of the powder sample ground from sintered pellets were examined by powder X-ray diffraction technique. The phase identification /gross structural characteristics of synthe...

we report the development of different types of oxygen sensors based on yittria-stabilized zirconia (ysz) as a solid electrolyte. the conventional oxygen sensor is a concentration cell with two porous pt electrodes, one of which is exposed to air as a constant (reference) oxygen concentration and the other is exposed to automobile exhaust gas of variable oxygen concentration, depending on the a...

Nanocrystalline tin dioxide (SnO2) thin films were prepared on glass substrate by pulse laser deposition for the first time. The thin films were characterized for their composition, morphology, and crystalline structure by x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. It was found that the thin films consisted only of the tetragonal p...

One-pot polyol process was combined with metal organic decomposition (MOD) method to fabricate a room-temperature NO2 gas sensor based on tin dioxide and reduced graphene oxide (SO2/RGO) nanocomposite films. X-ray diffractometry (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to analyze the structure and morphology of the fabricated films. The electrical and NO2 gas-sensing properties of...

SnO2 is widely used as a transparent conductor and sensor material. Better understanding and control of its conductivity would enhance its performance in existing applications and enable new ones, such as in light emitters. Using density functional theory, we show that the conventional attribution of n-type conductivity to intrinsic point defects is incorrect. Unintentional incorporation of hyd...

A tin dioxide (SnO2) sensor was fabricated by inkjet printing onto polyimide foil. Gold electrodes and heater were printed on each side of the substrate. A SnO2 based ink was developed by sol-gel method and jetted onto the electrodes. A final annealing at 400°C compatible with the polymeric transducers allowed to synthetize the SnO2 sensing film. Electrical measurements were carried out to char...

We report on the synthesis and CO gas-sensing properties of mesoporous tin(IV) oxides (SnO2). For the synthesis cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTABr) was used as a structure-directing agent; the resulting SnO2 powders were applied as films to commercially available sensor substrates by drop coating. Nitrogen physisorption shows specific surface areas up to 160 m·g and mean pore diameters of ab...

We have designed a new ternary structure to enhance the sensing properties of WS2 nanosheet (NS)-based gas sensors at room temperature (RT) in self-heating mode. SnO2 nanowires (NWs, 10–30 wt%) were added NSs and then Au nanoparticles (NPs) deposited on surface resulting composites by UV irradiation. The Au-decorated 10 wt% SnO2–WS2 composition showed highest properties. presence NWs effectivel...

The present review on some metal oxide nanoparticles used for pressure sensor, various metal oxide containing such as (SnO2, ZnO, Al2O3, WO3, Fe2O3, Ga2O3, TiO2 and SiC, ...etc.) responds detection pressure measure in kbar unit through oxygen activity as oxidation or reduction process of an integrated in devices sensor (MEMS, CMOS, MOX and MOXQ1D...etc.) that devices measuring of pressure as st...