Enhancement of NH 3 gas sensing with Ag-Pt co-catalyst on SnO 2 nanofilm towards medical diagnosis

Exhaled breath analysis is a noninvasive diagnostic method for fatal disease monitoring and screening, which is recently gained extensive interest of researchers worldwide emphasizing on the development of effective chemiresistive gas sensor for practical application. Here, the Ag-Pt bimetallic nano...

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Veröffentlicht in:Thin solid films 2023, Vol.767
Hauptverfasser: Duy, Nguyen Van, Trang, Duong Thi Thuy, Le, Dang Thi Thanh, Hung, Chu Manh, Tonezzer, Matteo, Nguyen, Hugo, Hoa, Nguyen Duc
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Zusammenfassung:Exhaled breath analysis is a noninvasive diagnostic method for fatal disease monitoring and screening, which is recently gained extensive interest of researchers worldwide emphasizing on the development of effective chemiresistive gas sensor for practical application. Here, the Ag-Pt bimetallic nanoparticles were used to deco-rate nanofilms of SnO2 making different gas sensors with high performance. We found that the bimetal alloy improved the sensor performance significantly with super sensitivity as compared with the separate Ag and Pt catalyst. The right ratio of the bimetal made the sensor very sensitive to NH3, so that it was able to quickly (12 s) detect 1 parts-per-million of NH3 with a response of 4.31 at a temperature of 250 degrees C. The sensor limit of detection for NH3 was less than 10 parts-per-billion. The response of the sensor was negligibly affected by humidity and interfering gases. The results showed that the tiny, robust, and inexpensive sensor developed in this work can be used in breath analysis for early diagnosis via NH3 monitoring.
ISSN:1879-2731
0040-6090
DOI:10.1016/j.tsf.2023.139682