Provided are a Co-Sn
composite oxide ethyl
alcohol sensor prepared through a one-step
water heating method, a preparation method and an application of the Co-Sn
composite oxide ethyl
alcohol sensor in detecting ethyl
alcohol concentration in drunken driving and the atmospheric environment, and belongs to the technical field of gas sensors. The sensor is composed of an Al2O3 insulation
ceramic tube sold in the market, Co-Sn
composite oxide sensitive materials and a
nickel-
cadmium heating coil, wherein the outer surface of the Al2O3 insulation
ceramic tube is provided with two annular gold electrodes, the outer surfaces of the annular gold electrodes and the outer surface of the Al2O3 insulation
ceramic tube are coated with the Co-Sn composite
oxide sensitive materials, and the
nickel-
cadmium heating coil penetrates through the interior of the Al2O3 insulation ceramic tube. The sensor has good
linearity on ethyl alcohol with low concentration (a
lower limit of detection is 1 ppm), the Co-Sn composite
oxide ethyl alcohol sensor can be well applied to alcohol detection in drunken driving and the atmospheric environment due to the characteristics, and then driver
driving safety and environment safety can be judged by detecting the ethyl alcohol concentration.