Abstract
A general gas diffusion equation was used to predict the variation of sensor response with operating temperature and thickness for p-type CuO thin films for ethanol and acetone vapours. Assuming Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism and non-linear variation of sensor conductance with gas concentration, the response transients were modelled for a wide concentration range under isothermal conditions and fitted with extended Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms for ethanol and acetone respectively. Maximum responses of 144% and 168% were obtained for 300 ppm ethanol and acetone respectively at 300 °C for 240 nm CuO thin films. For CuO thin films of thickness 120–240 nm, response (S) versus temperature (T) exhibited a bell-shaped dependence with peak maxima of ethanol and acetone varying only slightly. Irreversible type gas response was obtained for a concentration range of 300–50 ppm for both ethanol and acetone vapours wherein response time systematically decreases with an increase in target gas concentration.
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