HIGH PERFORMANCE SENSORS FOR CARBON MONOXIDE

上级传感解决方案旨在设计和开发廉价而准确的传感器，用于在甲烷和氢气等其他还原气体存在下检测CO。该传感器将基于由于CO在纳米颗粒衍生的金属氧化物半导体表面上的催化氧化而产生的热效应。 热电堆将被用来检测燃烧释放的热量。 催化剂和金属氧化物的组成，以及操作温度，将被操纵，以发展个别物种的选择性。拟议的商业应用：该技术具有提供低性能、低成本固态传感器和目前用于家庭CO检测的高性能/高成本EC传感器之间的中间产品的潜力。

Superior Sensing Solutions proposed to design and develop inexpensive yet accurate sensors for the detection of CO in the presence of other reducing gases such as methane and hydrogen. The sensor will be based on the thermal effects due to catalytic oxidation of CO on nanoparticle derived metal oxide semiconductor surfaces. A thermopile will be used to sense the heat of combustion liberated. Catalyst and metal oxide composition, as well as operating temperature, will be manipulated to develop selectivity for individual species. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: This technology has the potential of providing an intermediate product between low-performance, low cost solid state sensors and high performance/high cost EC sensors currently used for home CO detection.