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  • Materials Science
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Sensor Technology

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  • Safe integration of hydrogen fuel in energy devices like fuel cells necessitates accurate hydrogen leakage detection.
  • Metal oxide nanowires offer promising properties for gas sensing applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the hydrogen-sensing capabilities of quasi-1D nanowires made from seven different metal oxides.
  • To assess the sensor array's performance in the presence of common interfering gases.
  • To demonstrate the potential for developing compact artificial olfaction systems for hydrogen detection.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a conductometric sensor array using quasi-1D nanowires of CuO, WO3, Nb-added WO3, SnO2, ZnO, α-Bi2O3, and NiO.
  • Testing sensor array performance at operating temperatures ranging from 200-400 °C.
  • Application of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for data analysis and gas discrimination.

Main Results:

  • The sensor array successfully discriminated hydrogen from interfering gases including carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, methane, acetone, and ethanol.
  • PCA effectively analyzed data from the sensor array to identify hydrogen.
  • A reduced five-sensor array demonstrated potential for practical implementation.

Conclusions:

  • Metal oxide nanowire-based sensor arrays are effective for selective hydrogen detection.
  • PCA is a valuable tool for analyzing complex sensor array data.
  • A compact sensor array design is feasible for artificial olfaction systems in real-world hydrogen detection applications.