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Meso- to Macro-Porous Oxides as Semiconductor Gas Sensors

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The present article reviews our latest studies directed to improving gas sensing properties of semiconductor metal oxides, SnO2 and TiO2, by controlling their porous structure in the range of nano- to micro-meter size. Thermally stable mesoporous oxide powders and submicron-size porous thick films were fabricated by a templating method employing supramolecular surfactants or polymethylmethacrylate microspheres and also by a sol–gel process in a polyethylene glycol matrix. Advantages of these methods in improving the sensing properties are overviewed and then remaining problems are discussed.

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Shimizu, Y., Hyodo, T. & Egashira, M. Meso- to Macro-Porous Oxides as Semiconductor Gas Sensors. Catalysis Surveys from Asia 8, 127–135 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:CATS.0000027014.79515.87

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