Semiconductor Gas Sensors

This book is a comprehensive guide to semiconductor gas sensors, covering the fundamental principles behind the devices, as well as recent developments in the field. It is an essential resource for anyone involved in gas monitoring, including engineers in the building industry, environmental scientists, and researchers in the field.

Semiconductor gas sensors have a wide range of applications in safety, process control, environmental monitoring, indoor or cabin air quality and medical diagnosis. This important book summarises recent research on basic principles, new materials and emerging technologies in this essential field. The first part of the book reviews the underlying principles and sensing mechanisms for n- and p-type oxide semiconductors, introduces the theory for nanosize materials and describes the role of electrode-semiconductor interfaces. The second part of the book describes recent developments in silicon carbide- and graphene-based gas sensors, wide bandgap semiconductor gas sensors and micromachined and direct thermoelectric gas sensors. Part 3 discusses the use of nanomaterials for gas sensing, including metal oxide nanostructures, quantum dots, single-alled carbon nanotubes and porous silicon. The final part of the book surveys key applications in environmental monitoring, detecting chemical warfare agents and monitoring gases such as carbon dioxide. Semiconductor gas sensors is a valuable reference work for all those involved in gas monitoring, including those in the building industry, environmental engineers, defence and security specialists and researchers in this field. * Provides an overview of resistor and non-resistor sensors* Reviews developments in gas sensors and sensing methods, including graphene based sensors and direct thermoelectric sensors* Discusses the use of nanomaterials in gas sensing