Semiconductor Gas Sensors: Materials, Technology, Design, and Application

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 20; no. 22; p. 6694
• Main Authors: Nikolic, Maria Vesna, Milovanovic, Vladimir, Vasiljevic, Zorka Z., Stamenkovic, Zoran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 23.11.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Air pollution; Carbon dioxide; Carbon monoxide; Communication; Data analysis; Electric properties; Energy consumption; Fossil fuels; gas sensing materials; gas sensor applications; Greenhouse gases; Hydrogen; Internet access; Internet of Things; Multivariate analysis; Nitrogen dioxide; Nuclear power plants; Organic chemicals; Pattern recognition; Principal components analysis; Review; semiconductor gas sensors; sensing technology; Sensors; Sulfur; VOCs; Volatile organic compounds; Zinc oxides; semiconductor gas sensors; gas sensor applications; gas sensing materials; sensing technology

This paper presents an overview of semiconductor materials used in gas sensors, their technology, design, and application. Semiconductor materials include metal oxides, conducting polymers, carbon nanotubes, and 2D materials. Metal oxides are most often the first choice due to their ease of fabricat...