A kind of surface covers the TiO of Pt electrode2Nano-tube array room-temperature hydrogen sensor
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of room-temperature hydrogen sensor, be specifically related to surface in hydrogen gas sensor and cover the TiO of Pt electrode2The preparation of nano-tube array hydrogen-sensitive element detects with performance.
Background technology
Hydrogen is a kind of inexhaustible clean energy resource.As the preferable novel energy of one, it has a wide range of applications in terms of the industrial and agricultural productions such as chemistry, food, electronics.During being guaranteed in various hydrogeneous industrial and agricultural production, the use of hydrogen as energy source, shifting and the safety of the application aspect such as storage, research and development have the problem that the hydrogen gas sensor of the quick performance of good hydrogen has become as people's growing interest.Metal current oxide semiconductor (SnO2、WO3, ZnO) hydrogen gas sensor become the focus of research, it is to utilize the resistance of quasiconductor hydrogen-sensitive element or conductance change under a hydrogen atmosphere to detect hydrogen.But at present the operating temperature of sensors with auxiliary electrode compared with high, sensitivity is relatively low, power consumption is big, safety is low, strongly limit its range of application.TiO2Being the functional material of a kind of green, the physicochemical characteristics of its excellence makes it have wide using value at numerous areas such as storage and utilization, photocatalytic degradation, photochromic, the gas sensors of solar energy.Utilize TiO2Physicochemical properties caused by the small size of nano-tube array and high-specific surface area change and the catalytic action of Pt electrode, are expected to solve the technical bottleneck of metal semiconductor oxide hydrogen gas sensor working and room temperature, improve the sensitivity of sensor simultaneously.
Summary of the invention
It is an object of the invention to: for the deficiencies in the prior art, the present invention provides a kind of room-temperature hydrogen sensor, is specifically related to surface in hydrogen gas sensor and covers the TiO of Pt electrode2The preparation of nano-tube array hydrogen-sensitive element detects with performance.With TiO2Nano-tube array, as hydrogen-sensitive element, improves the performance of sensor;By TiO2The surface of nano-tube array deposits one layer of Pt electrode and can improve sensitivity, shorten response time, reduction operating temperature.
To achieve these goals, the technical scheme is that
A kind of surface that the present invention provides covers the TiO of Pt electrode2Nano-tube array room-temperature hydrogen sensor, using the high-purity technical after cleaning with Ti paillon foil as substrate, uses direct anodizing to prepare TiO2Nano-tube array, then by magnetically controlled DC sputtering at one layer of Pt electrode of its surface portion area deposition, step is as follows:
1, the cleaning of Ti paillon foil:
1) the industrial Ti paillon foil that purity is 99.99% is cut into rectangle, then uses fine sandpaper to polish;
2) the rectangle Ti paillon foil after polishing is successively used each ultrasonic cleaning 30min under acetone, ethanol and deionized water high power, and 80 DEG C of drying in air ambient.
2, use direct anodizing, grow TiO in Ti foil surfaces2Nano-tube array, idiographic flow and process conditions are as follows;
1) the rectangle Ti paillon foil after cleaning is placed in the side of the Multifunctional anodic oxidation device of the glycol water equipped with 0.2wt% ammonium fluoride, accesses positive pole of stabilized voltage supply with wire;Negative electrode copper sheet is placed in anodic oxidation device opposite side, accesses regulated power supply negative pole with wire;
2) anode oxidation process: use 45V constant voltage oxidation 3h to obtain TiO under room temperature (15 DEG C~25 DEG C) environment2Nano-tube array;
3) surface processes: by the TiO after anodic oxidation2Sample first uses a large amount of deionized water repeatedly to rinse, and is subsequently placed in low power ultrasound in Fluohydric acid. and cleans;
3, annealing crystallization processes: the TiO after cleaning2Sample is placed in tubular annealing stove flat-temperature zone, is incubated 3h, is then shut off heater, naturally cools to room temperature in air ambient after rising to 500 DEG C with the heating rate of 10 DEG C/min.
4, a kind of surface covers the TiO of Pt electrode2Nano-tube array room-temperature hydrogen sensor, the preparation process of its surface Pt electrode is:
1) TiO prepared in aforementioned manners2Nano-tube array, as hydrogen-sensitive element, makes electrode pattern mask plate in advance on its surface;
2) magnetically controlled DC sputtering technology is used, at TiO2The zone line on nano-tube array surface prepares rectangle Pt electrode;
Test sensor hydrogen sensitivity energy at room temperature, is connected the probe of data acquisition unit (MASTECH MS8218) with copper pressing wire, is fixed by sample pressing and be placed on the top, closed metal chamber that can flow a gas over.A kind of surface using the present invention covers the TiO of Pt electrode2Nano-tube array room-temperature hydrogen sensor performance detecting step is as follows:
1) before performance test, it is passed through high purity argon, until stable resistance signal occurs in this hydrogen gas sensor;
2) it is continually fed into the hydrogen after argon-dilution until signal curve no longer declines and tends to be steady, resistance signal now is denoted as RH, then pass to air until signal curve no longer rises and tends towards stability, resistance signal now be denoted as R0And repeatable operation is repeatedly;
3) response time of the definition quick test of hydrogen is the time that resistance declines required for 90%, and definition recovery time is 90% required time that resistance returns to initial value.Response and the recovery time of different hydrogen concentration determination after argon-dilution are carried out record;
4) data process, and definition sensitivity S is (R0-RH)/RH, and carry out data scanning and collection.
Advantages of the present invention:
1) direct anodic oxidation on high-purity technical Ti paillon foil is used to prepare TiO2Nano-tube array, its technique is simple, cost is relatively low.
2) TiO is used2Nano-tube array is conducive to surface electronic to migrate as hydrogen-sensitive element, bigger specific surface area;The catalytic action of surface Pt electrode advantageously reduces the operating temperature of sensor.
3) use the hydrogen-sensitive element prepared by the present invention that nitrogen atmosphere at room temperature shows response speed, stable restorability and higher sensitivity faster.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the TiO that surface covers Pt electrode2Nano-tube array hydrogen gas sensor configuration schematic diagram.
Fig. 2 is the TiO that surface covers Pt electrode2The nano-tube array hydrogen gas sensor room temperature response curve to variable concentrations hydrogen.
Fig. 3 is the TiO that surface covers Pt electrode2The nano-tube array hydrogen gas sensor sensitivity curve to variable concentrations hydrogen.
Fig. 4 is the TiO that surface covers Pt electrode2Nano-tube array hydrogen gas sensor is to the response of variable concentrations hydrogen and curve recovery time.
Detailed description of the invention
Below by embodiment, and combine accompanying drawing, technical scheme is further described in detail.
As it is shown in figure 1, present embodiment discloses a kind of surface to cover the TiO of Pt electrode2Nano-tube array room-temperature hydrogen sensor, its structure includes that two pieces of thickness that surface covers are 30nm, and a length of 15mm, a width of 2mm are spaced apart the rectangle Pt electrode 1 of 5mm, Ti substrate 2, TiO2Nano-tube array 3.
Specific embodiment is
1, direct anodizing is used to prepare TiO on high-purity technical Ti paillon foil2Nano-tube array:
1) press aforesaid operations step, Ti sheet is cut into the rectangular-shaped pieces of 3cm × 1cm, be carried out by the method for operating procedure one after fine sandpaper is polished;
2) the rectangle Ti paillon foil after cleaning is placed in the side of the Multifunctional anodic oxidation device of the glycol water equipped with 0.2wt% ammonium fluoride, accesses positive pole of stabilized voltage supply with wire;Negative electrode copper sheet is placed in the opposite side of anodic oxidation device, accesses regulated power supply negative pole with wire;
3) 45V is transferred in regulated power supply output, constant voltage anodic oxidation 3h at room temperature 20 DEG C.First using a large amount of deionized water repeatedly to rinse in the sample after oxidation, be subsequently placed in the Fluohydric acid. of 0.08wt%, low power ultrasound cleans 30s, and the residual substance that after removing anodic oxidation, sample surfaces covers, obtaining aperture is 100nm, the TiO of a length of 2 μm2Nano-tube array.
4) by the TiO after anodic oxidation2Sample is placed in the flat-temperature zone of tubular annealing stove and makes annealing treatment.It is incubated 3h after rising to 500 DEG C with the heating rate of 10 DEG C/min in air ambient, is then shut off heater, naturally cools to room temperature.
2, at TiO2Nano-tube array surface coverage mask plate, room temperature, 120W, 0.5Pa parameter under to use magnetically controlled DC sputtering deposition techniques thickness be 30nm, a length of 15mm, a width of 2mm, be spaced apart the two block lengths square Pt electrode of 5mm.Surface covers the TiO of Pt electrode2The hydrogen-sensitive element structure that nano-tube array is constituted is as shown in Figure 1.
3, at room temperature the hydrogen sensitivity of sample can be tested, probe and the copper pressing wire of data acquisition unit (MASTECH MS8218) be connected, then sample pressing is fixed on the top, closed metal chamber that can flow a gas over.Testing to (4) by performance detecting step (1), result is as shown in Figure 2,3, 4.Fig. 2 illustrates that surface covers the TiO of Pt electrode2Nano-tube array all has response to the hydrogen of bigger concentration range.Fig. 3 shows that this hydrogen-sensitive element has higher sensitivity, and under low density of hydrogen (100-500ppm), sensitivity can reach 102To 103;It is up to 10 when density of hydrogen reaches its sensitivity of 2000ppm7.Fig. 4 shows that this hydrogen-sensitive element has very fast response time and stable recovery time, and when density of hydrogen reaches 2000ppm, response time is only 13s the soonest.