Quartz Crystal Microbalance Coated with Sol-gel-derived Thin Films as Gas Sensor for NO Detection 英文参考文献.docVIP

Sensors 2003, 3, 404-414 sensors ISSN 1424-8220 ? 2003 by MDPI /sensors Quartz Crystal Microbalance Coated with Sol-gel-derived Thin Films as Gas Sensor for NO Detection J. Zhang1, J. Q. Hu, F. R. Zhu, H. Gong1 and S. J. O’Shea Institute of Material Research and Engineering, Research Link 3, Singapore 117602 Department of Material Sciences, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260 Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. j-zhang@.sg Received: 15 June2003 / Accepted: 15 September2003 / Published: 31 October 2003 Abstract: This paper presents the possibilities and properties of Indium tin oxide (ITO)- covered quartz crystal as a NOx toxic gas-sensor. The starting sol-gel solution was prepared by mixing indium chloride dissolved in acetylacetone and tin chloride dissolved in ethanol (0-20% by weight). The ITO thin films were deposited on the gold electrodes of quartz crystal by spin-coating technique and subsequently followed a standard photolithography to pattern the derived films to ensure all sensors with the same sensing areas. All heat treatment processes were controlled below 500°C in order to avoid the piezoelectric characteristics degradation of quartz crystal (Quartz will lose its piezoelectricity at ~573°C due to the phase change from α to β). The electrical and structural properties of ITO thin films were characterized with Hall analysis system, TG/DTA, XRD, XPS, SEM and etc. The gas sensor had featured with ITO thin films of ~100nm as the receptor to sense the toxic gas NO and quartz crystal with frequency of 10MHz as the transducer to transfer the surface reactions (mass loading, etc) into the frequency shift. A homemade setup had been employed to measure the sensor response under the static mode. The experimental results had indicated that the ITO-coated QCM had a good sensitivity for NO gas, ~12Hz/100ppm within 5mins. These results prove