Surface Science of Gas Sensing Materials
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensor Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 2203
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
The Special Issue "Surface Science of Gas Sensing Materials" is aimed at presenting state-of-the-art knowledge of surface phenomena in gas sensors. Gas sensors are attracting increasing interest from scientific and industrial communities. Extensive research has been carried out on the design, synthesis, and investigation of gas sensing materials with improved sensitivity, selectivity, operation temperature, stability, and dynamics. However, designing novel gas sensing materials with predetermined working characteristics is a challenging task, and a basic understanding of the physical and chemical processes at the surface of gas sensors is strongly required. Functioning of gas sensors relies on the gas–solid interactions at the materials surface. Therefore, in this Special Issue we would like to collect the articles reporting on the current understanding of surface chemistry of gas-sensing materials. All types of submissions are welcome, including research articles, reviews, and communications. Authors are encouraged to contribute to the Special Issue with the results of their experimental or theoretical research. The topics to be covered in the Special Issue include—but are not restricted to—the following:
- First-principles modeling of sensing materials surfaces and gas–solid interactions (adsorption/desorption, redox reactions).
- The design and synthesis of gas sensing materials with specific surface activity: metal oxides, composites, sulfides, graphene-based materials, etc; surface modification and functionalization.
- Investigation of surface structure, composition, and defects of sensing materials with the atomic-resolution microscopy, diffraction, and spectroscopy techniques.
- Evaluation of surface reactivity, active sites of gas sensing materials, adsorption of gases, and redox processes at the gas–solid interface.
- Revelation of gas-sensing mechanisms by cutting-edge techniques (aside from the sensing tests): first-principles calculations, in situ or operando spectroscopy methods, catalytic measurements.
With respect to the scope of this issue, we discourage the submission of manuscripts in which the sensing mechanisms are proposed in a speculative manner and not confirmed by their own experimental evidences or first-principles studies.
Dr. Artem Marikutsa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- gas sensor
- metal oxide sensor
- surface chemistry
- sensing mechanism
- active sites
- surface science techniques
