Development of a Ferrite Film Based Solid State Sensor System for Ultra Low Concentration Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Detection

  • Ravindra Kumar Jha
  • , Aman Nanda
  • , Ranajit Sai
  • , Kaushal Kishore
  • , Anshul Yadav
  • , R. D.Ralandinliu Kahmei
  • , Navakanta Bhat

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Abstract

We report on a selective hydrogen sulfide gas sensor based on zinc ferrite film which is obtained by a microwave-assisted solvothermal deposition route. The response of the chemiresistive device is found to be in the range of 1872% - 90% for 5.6 ppm - 0.3 ppm of H2S gas at an operating temperature of 250°C. The density functional theory studies suggest physisorption of the H2S molecules at the partially-inverted ZnFe2O4 surface as the reason behind the fast rise (of the order of 40 sec) and fall time (of the order of 70 sec) with complete recovery of the device. Finally, a dual-differential subtractor based auto-balancing interface circuit is proposed to drive this sensor which is advantageous in terms of accuracy and particularly suitable for a device such as ours, which has a wide dynamic range.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8402-8409
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Sensors Journal
Volume22
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • auto-balancing interface circuit
  • Chemiresistive sensor
  • density functional theory
  • dual differential subtractor
  • ferrite
  • hydrogen sulfide gas
  • microwave synthesis

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