Effect of Pd, Pt and Au modifying additives on the sensory properties of SnO2 and In2O3 materials in detection of acetone vapors

  • Evgeni A. Ovodok Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus
  • Maria I. Ivanovskaya Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus
  • Tatiana V. Gaevskaya Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus
  • Valentina V. Kormosh Research Institute of Analytical Technique Means, Uzhhorod National University, 25 Mukachivska Street, Uzhhorod 88000, Ukraine
  • Vitaly S. Bilanych Uzhhorod National University, 3 Narodna Square, Uzhhorod 88000, Ukraine

Abstract

Properties of planar sensors based on the synthesised nanopowders of tin dioxide and indium oxide for detection of acetone vapors have been studied. The sensors were characterised by a high sensitivity to low concentrations of acetone vapors in a humid environment, which simulates human exhalation. Addition of catalytically active metals in the form of Pd(II), Pt(IV) and Au(III) affected the sensitivity of the sensors in different ways. The addition of a small amount of Au(III) ions (0.5 wt. %) into the indium hydroxide sol or the deposition of Pt(IV) (1.0 wt. %) on polycrystalline tin dioxide increased both the threshold sensitivity and the response of the In2O3 – Au and SnO2 – Pt sensors. The high sensitivity of the prepared sensors was due to the structural features, the state of the surface of oxides and metal nanoparticles, which are determined by the conditions of sample synthesis.

Author Biographies

Evgeni A. Ovodok, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

PhD (chemistry), docent; leading researcher at the laboratory of thin solid films

Maria I. Ivanovskaya, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

PhD (chemistry), docent; leading researcher at the laboratory of thin solid films

Tatiana V. Gaevskaya, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

PhD (chemistry), docent; head of the laboratory of thin solid films

Valentina V. Kormosh, Research Institute of Analytical Technique Means, Uzhhorod National University, 25 Mukachivska Street, Uzhhorod 88000, Ukraine

researcher

Vitaly S. Bilanych, Uzhhorod National University, 3 Narodna Square, Uzhhorod 88000, Ukraine

PhD (physics and mathematics); associate professor at the department of applied physics, faculty of physics

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Published
2023-08-22
Keywords: sensors, acetone, SnO2, In2O3, Au, Pt, Pd
Supporting Agencies This work has received funding in frame of research work 2.1.04.02 of the state programme of scientific research «Chemical processes, reagents and technologies, bioregulators and bioorgchemistry» for 2021−2025 and a joint Belarusian-Ukrainian project (grant No. 0121U14006) (Ukraine).
How to Cite
Ovodok, E. A., Ivanovskaya, M. I., Gaevskaya, T. V., Kormosh, V. V., & Bilanych, V. S. (2023). Effect of Pd, Pt and Au modifying additives on the sensory properties of SnO2 and In2O3 materials in detection of acetone vapors. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Chemistry, 2, 3-12. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/chemistry/article/view/5542
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