Nitrogen dioxide detection based on MWCNTs/SnO2 composites at room temperature

In this paper, Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)-tin oxide (SnO2) composites were selected as sensing materials to detect NO2 with concentrations ranging from 10 ppm to 50 ppm. Two sensors with different mass fractions of SnO2 and MWCNTs, i.e., 6.7% and 10%, were fabricated by airbrushing the composites on interdigitated electrodes (IDEs). Response performances of both sensors at room temperature were investigated. Results showed that the sensor with mass fraction of 10% exhibited a larger sensing response and a bigger sensitivity than the other one, and a good linearity was observed for both ones. In addition, both sensors had a good selectivity to NO2 in comparison with the other five interfering gases.