Theoretical model for nanocrystallite size dependent gas sensitivity enhancement in nanocrystalline tin oxide sensor

    Authors

    S. Shukla;S. Seal

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Sens. Lett.

    Keywords

    model; nanocrystalline; nanocrystallite size; gas sensitivity; sensor; tin oxid; CONDUCTION MODEL; H-2; CO; FILMS; SNO2; Chemistry, Analytical; Electrochemistry; Instruments & Instrumentation; Physics, Applied

    Abstract

    A new theoretical model has been proposed, which can satisfactorily explain the reported experimental data of the nanocrystallite size dependence of the gas sensitivity of nanocrystalline pure tin oxide (SnO2) thin film sensor. According to the proposed model, the gas sensitivity of nanocrystalline pure-SnO2 thin film sensor is directly proportional to the ratio 2d/D, where 'd' and 'D' are the space-charge layer thickness and the nanocrystallite size, respectively. The model suggests that gas sensitivity is enhanced drastically when the nanocrystallite size is less than twice of the space-charge layer thickness, which is in excellent agreement with the reported experimental behavior.

    Journal Title

    Sensor Letters

    Volume

    2

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    73

    Last Page

    77

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000234765600011

    ISSN

    1546-198X

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