STRONTIUM STANNATE

BaSnO3 with cubic perovskite structure exhibits good dielectric properties. Because of these characteristic properties, BaSnO₃ ceramic is becoming more and more important in material technology. It can be used to prepare thermally stable capacitors and to fabricate ceramic boundary layer capacitors. In recent years, BaSnO₃ has been found to be a very promising sensor material and has therefore received the most attention. In pure as well as doped forms, stannates have been investigated as potential solid-state sensor materials for many gases, including CO, NO_x, H₂ and CO₂. BaSnO₃ has also been used in the preparation of multifunctional temperature–humidity–gas sensors by combining it with BaTiO₃. Detection of gas in BaSnO₃ sensors is achieved by measurement of the electrical properties changes such as resistance and conductivity. The changes are induced in the semiconducting oxide form of BaSnO₃ following adsorption of any given gases on the solid surface. The gas sensitivity of this semiconducting oxide is related to the surface reaction process.