The Effect of Zeolite Composition and Grain Size on Gas Sensing Properties of SnO2/Zeolite Sensor

• Main Authors: Yanhui Sun, Jing Wang, Xiaogan Li, Haiying Du, Qingpan Huang, Xiaofeng Wang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018-01-01
• Series: Sensors
• Subjects: gas sensor; zeolite; tin dioxide; selectivity; catalytic property; coating
• Online Access: http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/2/390

In order to improve the sensing properties of tin dioxide gas sensor, four kinds of different SiO2/Al2O3 ratio, different particle size of MFI type zeolites (ZSM-5) were coated on the SnO2 to prepared zeolite modified gas sensors, and the gas sensing properties were tested. The measurement results showed that the response values of ZSM-5 zeolite (SiO2/Al2O3 = 70, grain size 300 nm) coated SnO2 gas sensors to formaldehyde vapor were increased, and the response to acetone decreased compared with that of SnO2 gas sensor, indicating an improved selectivity property. The other three ZSM-5 zeolites with SiO2/Al2O3 70, 150 and 470, respectively, and grain sizes all around 1 μm coated SnO2 sensors did not show much difference with SnO2 sensor for the response properties to both formaldehyde and acetone. The sensing mechanism of ZSM-5 modified sensors was briefly analyzed.