The Effect of the Working Electrode Material Based on Pt/SnO2(Sb) on the Properties of Hydrogen and Carbon-Monoxide Sensors

L. V. Shmygleva; Шмыглева Л. В.; A. V. Starkov; Старков А. В.; L. S. Leonova; Леонова Л. С.

doi:10.31857/S0424857023060063

The Effect of the Working Electrode Material Based on Pt/SnO2(Sb) on the Properties of Hydrogen and Carbon-Monoxide Sensors

Authors: Shmygleva L.V.¹, Starkov A.V.², Leonova L.S.¹
Affiliations:
1. Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
2. Moscow State University
Issue: Vol 59, No 6 (2023)
Pages: 333-341
Section: Articles
URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0424-8570/article/view/139278
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0424857023060063
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/PYITYE
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The effect of the platinum content (3–10 wt %) in the Pt/SnO2(Sb)-based working-electrode material on the properties (sensitivity, high-speed performance, recovery time) of solid-state potentiometric gas sensors for hydrogen and carbon monoxide including their simultaneous presence in air is studied. Sensors with 5% Pt demonstrate the best characteristics: the efficient carbon-monoxide detection for its concentration from 0.01 to 1 vol %; no effect of hydrogen present in the CO + air mixture in concentrations comparable with the CO concentration; the shortest relaxation time (~30 s at 1% CO).

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potentiometric gas sensors, hydrogen sensors, CO sensors, platinized tin dioxide, heteropolycompounds, calixarenes

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