This invention belongs to the field of gas sensing technology and discloses a gas sensor with adjustable
responsivity and measurement range, and its fabrication method. The sensor includes a bottom conductive film, an upper conductive film, and a
ceramic tube with gold electrodes. The upper conductive film is deposited on the surface of the bottom conductive film. The materials of the bottom and upper conductive films are SnO2 or ITO, and the bottom and upper conductive films are made of different materials. The bottom conductive film is deposited on a pretreated Si
wafer, and then the upper conductive film is deposited on the bottom conductive film, followed by annealing and heat treatment. Test results show that when SnO2 is the bottom layer and ITO is the top layer with
partial coverage, it exhibits high sensitivity response to
acetone gas in the concentration range of 10 ppb-1000 ppm. When ITO is fully covered, the response saturates at 300 ppm, which is suitable for low concentration detection. Conversely, when ITO is the bottom layer and SnO2 is the top layer, the fully covered structure has a wide response range, responding in the concentration range of 10 ppb-1000 ppm, while the half-covered structure is suitable for low concentration detection, and basically saturates at 300 ppm. This invention replaces traditional circuit adjustment with physical coverage area control, enabling
dynamic range switching without complex
signal processing, and significantly improving the applicability of the sensor in scenarios such as
medical diagnosis and
environmental monitoring.