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Most studies have been focused on sensing applications of WO3 for the detection of NO2 and a sensing mechanism has been established. However, less is known about NO sensing routes. There is disagreement on whether NO is detected as an oxidizing or reducing gas, due to the ambivalent redox behavior of nitric oxide. In this work, nanocrystalline WO3 with different particle size was synthesized by aqueous deposition of tungstic acid and heat treatment. A high sensitivity to NO2 and NO and low cross-sensitivities to interfering gases were established by DC-resistance measurements of WO3 sensors. Both nitrogen oxides were detected as the oxidizing gases. Sensor signals increased with the decrease of WO3 particle size and had similar dependence on temperature and humidity. By means of in situ infrared (DRIFT) spectroscopy similar interaction routes of NO2 and NO with the surface of tungsten oxide were unveiled. Analysis of the effect of reaction conditions on sensor signals and infrared spectra led to the conclusion that the interaction of WO3 surface with NO was independent of gas-phase oxidation to NO2.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s19153405","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,5]],"date-time":"2019-08-05T03:25:22Z","timestamp":1564975522000},"page":"3405","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":48,"title":["Quasi Similar Routes of NO2 and NO Sensing by Nanocrystalline WO3: Evidence by In Situ DRIFT Spectroscopy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Lili","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia"},{"name":"Faculty of Materials Science, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2894-501X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Artem","family":"Marikutsa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3354-0885","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marina","family":"Rumyantseva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4542-6999","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elizaveta","family":"Konstantinova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nikolay","family":"Khmelevsky","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"LISM, Moscow State Technological University Stankin, 127055 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alexander","family":"Gaskov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"5469","DOI":"10.3390\/s100605469","article-title":"Metal oxide semi-conductor gas sensors in environmental monitoring","volume":"10","author":"Fine","year":"2010","journal-title":"Sensors"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"580","DOI":"10.1016\/j.snb.2011.08.032","article-title":"Semiconducting metal oxides as sensors for environmentally hazardous gases","volume":"160","author":"Wetchakun","year":"2011","journal-title":"Sens. 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