Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.5369/JSST.2019.28.6.377

Review of Metal Oxide-based Formaldehyde Gas Sensor to Measure Indoor Air Quality  

Kim, Yoon Hwa (Wearable Platform Materials Technology Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Koo, Won-Tae (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Jang, Ji-Soo (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Kim, Il-Doo (Wearable Platform Materials Technology Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Publication Information
Journal of Sensor Science and Technology / v.28, no.6, 2019 , pp. 377-384 More about this Journal
Abstract
People currently spend more than 80% of their time indoors; therefore, the management of indoor air quality has become an important issue. The contamination of indoor air can cause sick house syndrome and various environmental diseases such as atopy and nephropathy. Formaldehyde gas, which is the main contaminant of indoor air, is lethal even with microscopic exposure; however, it is commonly used as an adhesive and waterproofing agent for indoor building materials. Therefore, there is a need for a gas sensor capable of detecting trace amounts of formaldehyde gas. In this review, we summarize recent studies on metal oxide-based semiconductor gas sensors for formaldehyde gas detection, methods to improve the gas-sensing properties of metal oxides of various dimensions, and the effects of catalysts for the detection of parts-per-billion level gases. Through this, we discuss the necessary characteristics of the metal oxidebased semiconductors for gas sensors for the development of next-generation sensors.
Keywords
Gas sensors; Formaldehyde gas; Sick house syndrome; Indoor air quality; Metal oxide;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 1  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 M. H. Oh, T. Yu, S.-H. Yu, B. Lim, K.-T. Ko, M.-G. Willinger, D.-H. Seo, B. H. Kim, M. G. Cho, and J.-H. Park, "Galvanic Replacement Reactions in Metal Oxide Nanocrystals", Science, Vol. 340, No. 6135, pp. 964-968, 2013.   DOI
2 J.-S. Jang, W.-T. Koo, S.-J. Choi, and I.-D. Kim, "Metal Organic Framework-Templated Chemiresistor: Sensing Type Transition from P-to-N Using Hollow Metal Oxide Polyhedron via Galvanic Replacement", J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol. 139, No. 34, pp. 11868-11876, 2017.   DOI
3 J.-S. Jang, S.-E. Lee, S.-J. Choi, W.-T. Koo, D.-H. Kim, H. Shin, H. J. Park, and I.-D. Kim, "Heterogeneous, Porous 2D Oxide Sheets via Rapid Galvanic Replacement: Toward Superior HCHO Sensing Application", Adv. Funct. Mater., Vol. 29, No. 42, pp. 1903012(1)-1903012(10), 2019.
4 N. Yamazoe, G. Sakai, and K. Shimanoe, "Oxide semiconductor gas sensors", Catal. Surv. Asia, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 63-75, 2003.   DOI
5 W. Wei, S. Guo, C. Chen, L. Sun, Y. Chen, W. Guo, and S. Ruan, "High sensitive and fast formaldehyde gas sensor based on Ag-doped $LaFeO_3$ nanofibers", J. Alloy. Comp., Vol. 695, No. 1, pp. 1122-1127, 2017.   DOI
6 Y.-Y. Xue, J.-L. Wang, S.-N. Li, Y.-C. Jiang, M.-C. Hu, and Q.-G. Zhai, "Mesoporous $Ag/In_2O_3$ composite derived from indium organic framework as high performance formaldehyde sensor", J. Solid State Chem., Vol. 251, No. 1, pp. 170-175, 2017.   DOI
7 J. Deng, L. Wang, Z. Lou, and T. Zhang, "Design of CuO-$TiO_2$ heterostructure nanofibers and their sensing performance", J. Mater. Chem. A, Vol. 2, No. 24, pp. 9030-9034, 2014.   DOI
8 J.-Y. Kang, J.-S. Jang, W.-T. Koo, J. Seo, Y. Choi, M.-H. Kim, D.-H. Kim, H.-J. Cho, W. Jung, and I.-D. Kim, "Perovskite $La_{0.75}Sr_{0.25}Cr_{0.5}Mn_{0.5}O_{3-{\delta}}$ sensitized $SnO_2$ fiber-intube scaffold: highly selective and sensitive formaldehyde sensing", J. Mater. Chem. A, Vol. 6, No. 22, pp. 10543-10551, 2018.   DOI
9 WHO: air pollution is single biggest environmental health risk, The Guardian, 2014-03-25.
10 Y. J. Jeong, D.-H. Kim, J.-S. Jang, J.-Y. Kang, R. Kim, and I.-D. Kim, "Bio-inspired heterogeneous sensitization of bimetal oxides on $SnO_2$ scaffolds for unparalleled formaldehyde detection", Chem. Commun., Vol. 55, No. 25, pp. 3622-3625, 2019.   DOI
11 J.-S. Ham, "A Study on the Formaldehyde Concentration Producing Characteristics and Reducing Method in Newly Built Apartment House", J. the arch. Inst. of Korea: Planning & design, Vol. 28, No. 9, pp. 261-268, 2012.
12 Ministry of Environment (South Korea), Plan of Indoor Air Quality Control (2015-2019), 2015.
13 Ministry of Environment (South Korea), Indoor Air Quality Control Act (Enforcement Date 13. Jun, 2018.).
14 WHO Regional Office for Europe, WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality: Selected Pollutants, 2010.
15 Ministry of Environment and National Institute of Environmental Research (South Korea), Indoor Air Quality Guideline, 2012.
16 WHO Regional Office for Europe, Air Quality Guidelines, 2nd ed., Publisher, City, 2001.
17 S.-J. Choi, L. Persano, A. Composeo, J.-S. Jang, W.-T. Koo, S.-J. Kim, H.-J. Cho, I.-D. Kim, and D. Pisignano, "Electrospun Nanostructures for High Performance Chemiresistive and Optical Sensors", Macromol. Mater. Eng., Vol. 302, No. 8, pp. 1600569(1)-1600569(37), 2017.   DOI
18 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Occupational Safety and Health Guideline for Formaldehyde Potential Human Carcinogen, Publisher, Washington, DC, USA, 1988.
19 J. Lee and S.-H. Lim, "Review on Sensor Technology to Detect Toxic Gases", J. Sensor Sci. Technol. Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 311-318, 2015.   DOI
20 A. Bielanski, J. Deren, and J. Haber, "Electric Conductivity and Catalytic Activity of Semiconducting Oxide Catalysts", Nature, Vol. 179, No. 4561, pp. 668-669, 1957.   DOI
21 N. Barsan, M. Schweizer-Berberich, and W. Gopel, "Fundamental and practical aspects in the design of nanoscaled $SnO_2$ gas sensors: a status report", Fresenius J. Anal. Chem., Vol. 365, No. 4, pp. 287-304, 1999.   DOI
22 N. Hongsith, E. Wongrat, T. Kerdcharoenand, and S. Choopun, "Enhancement of sensor response by $TiO_2$ mixing and Au coating on ZnO tetrapod sensor", Sens. Actuator B, Vol. 147, No. 2, pp. 502-507, 2010.   DOI
23 Q. Huang, D. Zeng, H. Li, and C. Xie, "Room temperature formaldehyde sensors with enhanced performance, fast response and recovery based on zinc oxide quantum dots/graphene nanocomposites", Nanoscale, Vol. 4, No. 18, pp. 5651-5658, 2012.   DOI
24 L. Peng, Q. Zhao, D. Wang, J. Zhai, P. Wang, S. Pang, and T. Xie, "Ultraviolet-assisted gas sensing: A potential formaldehyde detection approach at room temperature based on zinc oxide nanorods", Sens. Actuator B, Vol. 136, No. 1, pp. 80-85, 2009.   DOI
25 H. Tian, H. Fan, M. Li, and L. Ma, "Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Coated ZnO Nanorods as Molecular Sieving to Improve Selectivity of Formaldehyde Gas Sensor", ACS Sens., Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 243-250, 2016.   DOI
26 H. Liu, W. Zhang, H. Yu, L. Gao, Z. Song, S. Xu, M. Li, Y. Wang, H. Song, and J. Tang, "Solution-Processed Gas Sensors Employing $SnO_2$ Quantum Dot/MWCNT Nanocomposites", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 840-846, 2016.   DOI
27 J. Zhai, D. Wang, L. Peng, Y. Lin, X. Li, and T. Xie, "Visible-light-induced photoelectric gas sensing to formaldehyde based on CdS nanoparticles/ZnO heterostructures", Sens. Actuator B, Vol. 147, No. 1, pp. 234-240, 2010.   DOI
28 Y. Li, Q. Zhang, X. Li, H. Bai, W. Li, T. Zeng, and G. Xi, "Ligand-free and size-controlled synthesis of oxygen vacancy-rich $WO_{3-x}$ quantum dots for efficient room-temperature formaldehyde gas sensing", RSC Adv., Vol. 6, No. 98, pp. 95747-95752, 2016.   DOI
29 S. Tian, X. Ding, D. Zeng, S. Zhang, and C. Xie, "Poresize-dependent sensing property of hierarchical $SnO_2$ mesoporous microfibers as formaldehyde sensors", Sens. Actuator B, Vol. 186, No. 1, pp. 640-647, 2013.   DOI
30 H. Dua, J. Wang, M. Sua, P. Yao, Y. Zheng, and N. Yu, "Formaldehyde gas sensor based on $SnO_2/In_2O_3$ heteronanofibers by a modified double jets electrospinning process", Sens. Actuator B, Vol. 166-167, No. 1, pp. 746-752, 2012.   DOI
31 D. Wang, L. Tian, H. Li, K. Wan, X. Yu, P. Wang, A. Chen, X. Wang, and J. Yang, "Mesoporous Ultrathin $SnO_2$ Nanosheets in Situ Modified by Graphene Oxide for Extraordinary Formaldehyde Detection at Low Temperatures", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, Vol. 11, No. 13, pp. 12808-12818, 2019.   DOI
32 Y. Cao, Y. He, X. Zou, and G.-D. Li, "Tungsten oxide clusters decorated ultrathin $In_2O_3$ nanosheets for selective detecting formaldehyde", Sens. Actuator B, Vol. 252, No. 1, pp. 232-238, 2017.   DOI
33 R. Kim, J.-S. Jang, D.-H. Kim, J.-Y. Kang, H.-J. Cho, Y. J. Jeong, and I.-D. Kim, "A General Synthesis of Crumpled Metal Oxide Nanosheets as Superior Chemiresistive Sensing Layers", Adv. Funct. Mater., Vol. 29, No. 31, pp. 1903128(1)-1903128(10), 2019.   DOI