“…There is also a trend to investigate materials in the form of AB 2 O 4 , ABO 3 , and ABO 4 for gas sensing. These types of semiconducting materials present new opportunities in the gas-sensing field. − Normally, the A-site is the tetrahedral position, and the B-site is the octahedral position. − They can be prepared by any facile process, for example, high pressure hydrothermal synthesis, by mixing metal chloride or nitrate salts in the correct stoichiometric ratio with a precipitating agent such as ammonia. Spinel crystal structures assume different charges in the A- and B-sites.…”