ABSTRAK

Sensor gas berasaskan simpangan hetero bagi bahan semikonduktor seramik jenis-p,
CuO dan semikonduktor seramik jenis-n, SnO2 dipercayai menpunyai kepekaan yang
tinggi terhadap gas terturun seperti H2 dan gas beracun seperti H2S. Dalam kajian ini,
perbandingan rintangan, kerintangan, kekonduksian dan kepekaan dilakukan di antara
pelet simpangan hetero CuO-SnO2 tanpa dop dan pelet simpangan hetero CuO-SnO2
dengan CuO didopkan dengan NiO pada kadar 2 mol%, dan 4 mol%. Kajian juga
dijalankan bagi mengkaji kesan pendopan NiO ke atas CuO dari segi pengecutan
pelet. Proses penghasilan pelet merangkumi pengisaran, pengkalsinan, penghasilan
pelet dan pensinteran berperingkat. Sifat-sifat sampel pelet diuji pada persekitaran
udara biasa dan dengan kehadiran 200 ppm gas H2. Daripada hasil kajian, didapati
bahawa kepekaan pelet CuO-SnO2 yang didopkan dengan NiO adalah lebih tinggi
berbanding pelet CuO-SnO2 tanpa dop. Ini menunjukkan penambahan bahan pendop
dapat meningkatkan kepekaan pelet seterusnya berpotensi sebagai suatu sensor gas
H2.
 ABSTRACT

Heterocontact sensors based on p-type CuO and n-type SnO2 ceramics are believed to
exhibit a high sensitivity to reducing gas species like H2 and toxic gases such as H2S.
In this experiment, a comparison is made between the undoped CuO-SnO2 pellet and
the CuO-SnO2 pellet where CuO were doped with NiO at the rate of 2 mol % and 4
mol %. This research is also conducted to analyse the effect of the NiO dopant onto
CuO material based on the aspect of contraction of pellet. The processes involved in
pellet production include grinding, calcination, pellet fabrication and multilevel
sintering process. The properties of the pellet samples are tested in air and 200 ppm
H2.. From this study, it is found that the sensitivity of the CuO-SnO2 pellet doped with
NiO is higher than the undoped CuO-SnO2 pellets. The result indicates that the
additive of the dopant will increase the sensitivity of the pellet thus enhance its
potential as a hydrogen gas sensor.