Development of high sensitivity ethanol gas sensors based on Pt-doped SnO2 surfaces

Chemical spray pyrolysis deposition of transparent and conducting Fe doped CdO thin films for ethanol sensor

“…The most common application of ethanol sensors is as a breath analyser, since the ethanol vapour in human breath is correlated with the concentration in the blood. Recently, gas sensors based on the semiconducting metal-oxides such as SnO 2 , ZnO, CdO, ITO, WO 3 , and CuO have been found to be very useful for detecting ethanol vapour [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. It was found that cadmium oxide based thin films having high sensitivity to ethanol gas because of very thin discontinuous layer surface of CdO films can remarkably enhance its gas-sensing characteristics [10,11].…”

Fine nanoparticles of Al–SnO2 prepared by a co-precipitation route in water/oil microemulsion

“…Nanosized SnO 2 has been extensively studied because of its wide applications such as gas sensors [1][2][3][4], electrode materials [5,6], catalyst supports [7], solar cells [8,9], etc. In order to improve the properties of SnO 2 nanoparticles, doping is the most important means [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. The doping of SnO 2 thin films with molybdenum ions can increase the sensor response to alcohols and downshift the sensor operating temperature [15].…”

Ethanol sensors based on Pt-doped tin oxide nanopowders synthesised by gel-combustion

“…sensors, are some examples [2][3][4]. The ethanol breath analyzer is designed to detect ethanol in the breath of drivers in order to reduce the number of road accidents caused by excessive alcohol consumption.…”