Gas Sensing Characteristics of WO3 (III)

(3) Gas sensing characteristics to organic gases ( acetone, ethanol etc.)
 
The morphology of the materials could be designed in the stage of hydrothermal reaction. Some scholars employed a novel hydrothermal process to synthesize plateshaped WO3 nanostructures. The addition of structure-directing agent p-nitrobenzoic acid results in the formation of WO3 nanoplates. The pH value in the reaction system may cause the nano-plate etched partially so that some nanoplates become incomplete with rough edge regions or a hole in the middle. The voltage levels up quickly in presence of ethanol or acetone and restores soon after removing the gases. It demonstrates that the as-prepared WO3 nanoplates have good sensitivity and reversibility to ethanol or acetone. However, the working temperatures are relatively high (340℃ and 370℃) . These temperature values bring lot of difficulties for the actual application of WO3-based gas sensors.
 
Besides, Another scholars have successfully synthesized large-scale Co-doped h-WO3 nanorods by a facile hydrothermal method with Na2WO4·2H2O and Co(NO3)2·6H2O. They found the nanorods grown vertically from the center towards two opposite directions and had a uniform thickness of about 10 μm. Sensing responses of samples towards a series of typical organic solvents and fuels had been investigate. It is well known that WO3 is less sensitive to hydrocarbons. Whereas, it is noticed that Co-doped WO3 nanostructure is highly sensitive to these flammable organic gases. This illustrates that dopant endows WO3 with better sensing performance towards hydrocarbon gases.
 
 
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Gas Sensing Characteristics of WO3 (II)

(2) Gas sensing characteristics to H2S
 
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a malodorous toxic gas, as the one of representative reducing inorganic gases, which draws researcher’s interests. Studies showed the nanowires and platelets performed more quickly response to the same concentration of H2S gas in the same working temperature compared to the nanoparticles. This is because the larger surface area provides more adsorption desorption sites and results in a higher sensitivity. The sensing mechanism of WO3 to H2S is also provided.
 
First, the atmospheric oxygen adsorbs electrons from the conduction band (CB) of WO3 and occurs on the oxide surface in the form of O2-and O-
 
O2(air) + e-→O2(ads)-
O2(ads)-+e-→2O(ads)-
 
In this way, oxygen adsorption reaction creates a thin electron-depleted layer at the surface of WO3. Then H2S reacted with the adsorbed oxygen species according to the following formula
 
H2S + 3O( ads)-→SO2+H2O + 3e-
 
Thus, the resistance of WO3 decreases. As the detection of H2S was usually based on the reaction between H2S molecules and surface oxygen of WO3.
 
 
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Gas Sensing Characteristics of WO3 (I)

Electrical properties of oxides semiconductor depend on the composition of the surrounding gas atmosphere. The following is the latest progress on gas sensing characteristics of WO3 with three aspects of oxidizing inorganic gases NO2, reducing inorganic gases H2S and organic vapors.
 
(1) Gas sensing characteristics to NO2
 
To our best knowledge, much effort on gas sensing characteristics of WO3 prepared by hydrothermal method is devoted to highly toxic NO2. The detection of NO2 is usually based on the formation of absorbed surface-trap states NO2-ads. The resistance of WO3 was increased with the increasing barrier in the conduction band (CB). The resistance increased with the increasing concentration of NO2 because of capturing more electrons from the CB.
 
It is well known that the gas sensitivity of the WO3 sensing materials to NO2 is much dependent on the annealing temperatures, the additives, the operating temperatures, as well as electrode materials. For example, WO3 nanopowders annealed at high temperature showed better response to NO2 in dry air. This was attributed to the improvement of crystalline quality at higher temperature.
 
Improving the crystalline quality, reducing the size of product, adding optimal active catalyst and dopant amount as well as optimizing the design of electrode are all good for the gas sensing characteristics of WO3. However, the working temperature is commonly above the room temperature. Even the sensor shows response, the sensitivity value is still low. This drawback limited application of WO3-based gas sensors in a certain extent.
 
 
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Hydrothermal Synthesis of WO3

The adsorption of gases basically occurs at the surface level of sensing materials, and an increase in the active surface area of the semiconductor oxide would enhance the properties of the materials used for gas sensors. Therefore,surface morphology of WO3 influences the gas sensitivity in a great degree. It has been verified that, in the hydrothermal process, the morphology of the WO3 can be tuned by some assisting agents such as surfactant, inorganic salt, complex agent and some dissoluble organic acid. The tungstate is widely used as tungsten sources.
 
Tungsten trioxide can be produced by different chemical reactions. The addition of assistant reagents affects the structural morphologies and grain sizes of WO3.  Most final products are nanostructures and possess higher surface-to-volume ratio so that the sensor signal caused by the reaction with the target gas is stronger than the larger scale ones. Therefore, adopting hydrothermal method for the synthesis of WO3 is conducive to improve the gas sensing characteristics of WO3.
 
In addition, the synthesized WO3 exhibits uniform size and morphology. Once the WO3 is widely applied in the gas sensor filed, the hydrothermal method will be used for a mass synthesis of WO3.
 
 
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Filter Initial Ammonium Paratungstate Precipitate

Since the solubility of ammonium paratungstate increases rapidly at the high pH necessary to avoid molybdenum contamination, when very small molybdenum levels are desired, it may be desirable to leave some tungsten in solution, filter out the initial ammonium paratungstate precipitate, and recycle the filtrate. For example, if the precipitation is performed at a pH slightly above 8.5, 85 percent to percent of the tungsten will be precipitated as pure ammonium paratungstate. Further precipitation of tungsten may be obtained by boiling the filtrate in an open vessel. During this evaporation step ammonia and water are removed and the pH of the filtrate drops progressively to approximately 7.0. The molybdenum'content of the ammonium paratungstatethat is precipitated between the'pl-l values of 8.5 and 7.0'will rise from approximately 0.02 percentv t percent. This secondary precipitate will contain as high as 13 percent of the initial molybdenum. This material may then be recycled to a new batch of concentrated digester solution where it will raise the tungsten concentration. The filtrate resulting from this secondary precipitation step will contain approximately 2 percent or the initial tungsten and 92 percent of the initial molybdenum. If molybdenum is a desired byproduct, it may be obtained by any of a number f methods from this resulting filtrate.

 

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The Applications of Ammonium Paratungstate

Ammonium paratungstate is a very desirable form of tungsten for many industrial applications. Much effort has been expended by industry in order to arrive at economical methods of producin this product. Tungsten is derived primarily ll'QIl'l scheelite ore which is substantially calcium tungstate. This is normally treated by dissolution under pressure in a sodium carbonate solution. In this manner an aqueous solution of sodium tungstate is formed which may be used as a starting point for the preparation of ammonium paratungstate. it will be obvious that this sodium paratungstate solution contains not only tungsten values but also impurities such as sodium carbonate, sodium molybdate, silica, sodium fluoride, phosphorous, and molybdenum. Of these contaminants, molybdenum is one of the most difficult to control. At the present time a complex multi-step process is needed for producing ammonium paratungstate from such industrial solutions while substantially avoiding serious contermination of the product. A large number of pH changes are required which entail th use of large quantities of various acids and alkali Even with this complex procedure, however, impurities are almost always present in the final product.

 

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Gas Sensing Response Principle of WO3-based Gas Sensors (II)

The sensitivity (S) could be defined as the ratio between the respective variation of resistance in the air (ΔRair) and in the target gases (ΔRgas) according to
 
S = ΔRair / ΔRgas
 
ΔR represents the difference between the maximum and minimum values of the resistance during one complete period of aerating cycling. However, we prefer to express the sensitivity with a more simple calculation route like this
 
S = Rgas / Rair
or S = Rair / Rgas
 
Rair and Rgas are the resistance of sensor in dry air and target gases, respectively. Usually, in oxidizing atmosphere, the oxide surface is covered by negatively charged oxygen adsorbate and the adjacent space charge region is electron-depleted: the oxide layer presents therefore a high resistance (Rgas>Rair). Under reducing conditions, the oxygen adsorbate is removed by the reaction with reducing gas species and the electrons are re-injected into the space charge layers: as a result, the oxide layer resistance decreases (Rgas<Rair).  Besides, the voltage change of oxide may be used to illuminate the gas sensitivity at times. Therefore, the change of resistance, conductivity or voltage could be used as the parameters to scale the sensitivity.
 
In addition, the response time is often defined as the time required for the conductance to reach 90% of the equilibrium value after the test gas is injected, and the recovery time is the time necessary for the sensor to attain a conductance 10% above the original value in air.
 
 
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Ammonium Paratungstate is Basic Material

Ammonium Paratungstate (NH4)[H2W12O42].4H2O is the most important precursor for the majority of tungsten products. Exceptions are products of melting metallurgy and Menstrum WC produced directly from ore concentrates.

All other intermediates such as tungsten trioxide, tungsten blue oxide, tungstic acid and ammonium metatungstate can be derived from APT, either by thermal decomposition or chemical conversion.APT is a white crystallized powder having average crystal size between 30 and 100 µm. Especially crucial for the quality is the purity. Typical levels of todays commercial APT are (upper limits in µg/g):Al 1-7, As 5-10, Bi 0.5-1, Ca 1-10, Co 1-10, Cr 1-10, Cu 1-3, Fe 3-10, K 2-10, Mg 1-7, Mn 1-10, Mo 5-30, Na 5-10, Ni 1-7, P 5-7, Pb 1-5, S 5-7, Si 1-10, Sn 1-10, Ti 3-10, and U 3-10. APT is packaged in polyethylene-lined drums or woven bags up to 1 ton.

 

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Gas Sensing Response Principle of WO3-based Gas Sensors (I)

The WO3-based gas sensors operate on the principle that the sensor’s resistance or conductivity changes in the presence of target gases. When the gas sensing devices exposure under target gases, the gas molecules are adsorbed on the surface of WO3 and electron transfer occurs between WO3 and the adsorbent. As a result, a depletion or accumulation of charges occurs on the surface. Following that variation of surface potential barrier induces a change in the resistivity or conductivity. Thus, this change suggests that WO3 produces response to the target gases.
 
It is common to evaluate gas sensing characteristics by the parameters like sensitivity, response time, recover time, gas concentration and working temperature. The ideal sensor materials should be of high sensitivity to target gases, short response and recover time, low gas concentration and working temperature.
 
 
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