Short period sinusoidal thermal modulation for quantitative identification of gas species.
Nanoscale
; 12(1): 220-229, 2020 Jan 07.
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ABSTRACT
The field of chemical (gas) sensing has witnessed an unprecedented increase in device sensitivity with single molecule detection now becoming a reality. In contrast to this, the ability to distinguish or discriminate between gas species has lagged behind. This is problematic and results in a high rate of false alarms. Here, we demonstrate a short period sinusoidal thermal modulation strategy to quantitatively and rapidly identify two industrially relevant gases (hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and sulfur dioxide (SO2)) by using a single semiconducting metal oxide sensor device. By applying sinusoidal heating voltages with a fixed short period, we were able to simultaneously obtain distinct patterns of dynamic responses. These characteristic patterns were adopted to build and validate a gas recognition library. Our approach does not rely on large-scale sensor arrays and complex algorithms and is amenable for real-time and low-power gas monitoring.
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Nanoscale
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2020
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