Abstract
It is shown that NO2 present in air, beginning at a concentration of 1 ppm, can be selectively detected by sensors based on Au/WO3:Au thin films activated by laser diode radiation with maximum intensity at 400 nm instead of constant heating. The radiation-activated photodesorption reduces the time of sensor response to NO2. A high humidity of air under conditions of room-temperature irradiation additionally increases the device sensitivity to NO2 due to the appearance of additional adsorption sites. The absence of a sensor response to reducing gases and varying oxygen concentration in the atmosphere is caused by the photodesorption of chemisorbed $${\text{O}}_{2}^{ - }$$ species during their interaction with holes generated in intrinsic optical transitions in the near-surface region of WO3 film.
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