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This work investigates the anomalous gas-concentration-driven gas response polarity transition to alcohols with various chain lengths of a conventional TiO2-based gas sensor at room temperature. A particular focus is on the relationship between the critical concentration and the gas molecular structures. The sensor shows anomalous p-type responses to four alcohols (methanol, ethanol, propanol, and butanol) and transitions to n-type as the alcohol concentration increases to approximately 9\u201320 K ppm, depending on the alcohol species. Interestingly, this critical concentration decreases generally as the alcohol chain length increases. This concentration-driven response polarity transition is attributed to a shift in the reaction sites governed by the gas concentration, specifically from the adsorbed water layer to the O2\u2013 on the TiO2 surface. 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