Humidity tolerant sub-PPM ammonia gas sensors

Accurate ammonia detection is critical for areas such as environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics, and industrial safety. Existing commercial gas sensors struggle with poor sensitivity, selectivity, and stability, especially in a fluctuating humidity environment. Despite significant advancement...

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Main Authors: Ng, Rayner Bao Feng, Wang, Jianwu, Luo, Yifei, Chen, Xiaodong
Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178208
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Wang, Jianwu
Luo, Yifei
Chen, Xiaodong
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description Accurate ammonia detection is critical for areas such as environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics, and industrial safety. Existing commercial gas sensors struggle with poor sensitivity, selectivity, and stability, especially in a fluctuating humidity environment. Despite significant advancements in the sensitivity of ammonia gas sensors in research, their performance in varying environmental conditions leaves much to be desired. This review explores the recent progress of electrical, gravimetric, and optical sub-ppm ammonia gas sensors and their humidity tolerance at room temperature. By considering the humidity interference mechanism, strategies to alleviate its impact are discussed. Through these strategies, it is imperative to balance sensitivity and stability in sensor design to enhance the commercial deployment of these solutions in an array of applications.
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spelling ntu-10356/1782082024-06-05T07:18:32Z Humidity tolerant sub-PPM ammonia gas sensors Ng, Rayner Bao Feng Wang, Jianwu Luo, Yifei Chen, Xiaodong School of Materials Science and Engineering Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR Institute for Digital Molecular Analytics and Science Max Planck-NTU Joint Lab for Artificial Senses Innovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFlex) Engineering Gas sensors Humidity Accurate ammonia detection is critical for areas such as environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics, and industrial safety. Existing commercial gas sensors struggle with poor sensitivity, selectivity, and stability, especially in a fluctuating humidity environment. Despite significant advancements in the sensitivity of ammonia gas sensors in research, their performance in varying environmental conditions leaves much to be desired. This review explores the recent progress of electrical, gravimetric, and optical sub-ppm ammonia gas sensors and their humidity tolerance at room temperature. By considering the humidity interference mechanism, strategies to alleviate its impact are discussed. Through these strategies, it is imperative to balance sensitivity and stability in sensor design to enhance the commercial deployment of these solutions in an array of applications. Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) This work was supported by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) through its MTC Programmatic Funding Scheme under Project M23L8b0049 Scent Digitalization and Computation (SDC) Programme. 2024-06-05T07:18:31Z 2024-06-05T07:18:31Z 2024 Journal Article Ng, R. B. F., Wang, J., Luo, Y. & Chen, X. (2024). Humidity tolerant sub-PPM ammonia gas sensors. IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine, 18(1), 13-22. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MNANO.2023.3340381 1932-4510 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178208 10.1109/MNANO.2023.3340381 2-s2.0-85181581668 1 18 13 22 en M23L8b0049 IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine © 2024 IEEE. All rights reserved.
spellingShingle Engineering
Gas sensors
Humidity
Ng, Rayner Bao Feng
Wang, Jianwu
Luo, Yifei
Chen, Xiaodong
Humidity tolerant sub-PPM ammonia gas sensors
title Humidity tolerant sub-PPM ammonia gas sensors
title_full Humidity tolerant sub-PPM ammonia gas sensors
title_fullStr Humidity tolerant sub-PPM ammonia gas sensors
title_full_unstemmed Humidity tolerant sub-PPM ammonia gas sensors
title_short Humidity tolerant sub-PPM ammonia gas sensors
title_sort humidity tolerant sub ppm ammonia gas sensors
topic Engineering
Gas sensors
Humidity
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178208
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