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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2023

A Portable Device for I-V and Arrhenius Plots to Characterize Chemoresistive Gas Sensors: Test on SnO

Michele Astolfi, Giulia Zonta, Sandro Gherardi, Cesare Malagù, Donato Vincenzi, Giorgio Rispoli

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors.

Michele AstolfiDepartment of Physics and Earth Science, University of Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, Italy.
Giulia ZontaDepartment of Physics and Earth Science, University of Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7986-6496
Sandro GherardiSCENT S.r.l., 44124 Ferrara, Italy.
Cesare MalagùDepartment of Physics and Earth Science, University of Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8362-5289
Donato VincenziDepartment of Physics and Earth Science, University of Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7412-0860
Giorgio RispoliDepartment of Neurosciences and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9390-5620

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemoresistive nanostructured gas sensors are employed in many diverse applications in the medical, industrial, environmental, etc. fields; therefore, it is crucial to have a device that is able to quickly calibrate and characterize them. To this aim, a portable, user-friendly device designed to easily calibrate a sensor in laboratory and/or on field is introduced here. The device comprises a small hermetically sealed chamber (containing the sensor socket and a temperature/humidity sensor), a pneumatic system, and a custom electronics controlled by a Raspberry Pi 4 developing board, running a custom software (Version 1.0) whose user interface is accessed via a multitouch-screen. This device automatically characterizes the sensor heater in order to precisely set the desired working temperature, it acquires and plots the sensor current-to-voltage and Arrhenius relationships on the touch screen, and it can record the sensor responses to different gases and environments. These tests were performed in dry air on two representative sensors based on widely used SnO

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Arrhenius plotchemoresistivitycurrent-voltage characteristicsgas sensormetal-oxideportable devicesensor calibrationsensor device

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PMCPMC10535506

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