Influence of frozen distributions of oxygen vacancies on tin oxide conductance

被引:43
作者
Blaustein, G [1 ]
Castro, MS [1 ]
Aldao, CM [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Mar del Plata, Inst Mat Sci & Technol, RA-7600 Mar Del Plata, Argentina
关键词
tin oxide; gas sensors; sintering process;
D O I
10.1016/S0925-4005(99)00015-5
中图分类号
O65 [分析化学];
学科分类号
070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Resistivity transients of SnO2 sintered pellets at step isothermal changes in oxygen pressure are investigated. It is found that different thermal treatments in sample preparation give rise to diverse behaviors in transient responses. These responses indicate that modulation of the Schottky barriers heights is not enough to explain the observed results. It is proposed that grain sizes and widths of the depletion layers are responsible for the observed results and that an oxygen diffusion process into the tin oxide grain plays a significant role accounting for the observed conductance changes. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
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页数:5
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