Development of Novel Polymer Oxide Thick Film for Sensor Sensing Layers at Room Temperature

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This work deals with the new technique employed in the fabrication of thick film which includes material selection, functional materials, milling / drying / pressing, firing and cooling, binder / solvent, substrate preparation, pastes preparation, the screen printing process and drying the sensing layers. A novel approach to electronic nose-head design, using a copper thin film electrode patterning technique was used to deposit electrodes on the alumina substrate. The responses of the sensors to propanol was investigated. The response / recovery times of all the sensors were improved compared to those deposited on glass substrates. For example, the response time for all the NiO / Fe2O3 devices at 4000 ppm was less than 10 sec., while the recovery time were 30 sec for both the 75 / 25 and the 50 / 50 mol. % NiO / Fe2O3 sensors and 20 sec for the 75 / 25 % NiO / Fe2O3 sensor. The response / recovery times of those sensors fabricated on glass substrates were 30 / 45, 45 / 55 and 60 / 85 at the same solvent vapour and concentration.

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