title: Detection of liquid petroleum gas using mixed nanosized tungsten oxide-based thick-film semiconductor sensor.
abstract: The thick-film semiconductor sensor for liquid petroleum gas (LPG) detection was fabricated using a mixed WO(3)-based sensor. We present the characterization of both their structural properties by means of XRD measurements and the electrical characteristics by using gas-sensing properties. The sensing characteristics such as sensitivity, working range, cross-sensitivity and response time were studied by using nanosized WO(3)-based mixed with different metal oxides (SnO(2), TiO(2) and In(2)O(3)) and doped with noble metals (Au, Pd and Pt). The WO(3)-based mixed with 5 wt.% In(2)O(3) and 0.5 wt.% Pd showed the higher sensing characteristic at low concentration of LPG sensor at an operating temperature 225 degrees C.
authors.affiliation: Gas Sensor and Thin Films Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Shri Shivaji Science College, Amravati, Maharashtra, India. gnc4@indiatimes.com
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Chaudhari
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bende
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Bodade
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Manorama