Studies on the preparation and ethanol gas sensing properties of spinel Zn@@d0.6@Mn@@d0.4@Fe@@d2@O@@d4@ nanomaterials
Zn@@d1-@@@i@@dx@@Mn@@i@@dx@@Fe@@d2@O@@d4@ (@@ix@ = 0, 0.2 and 0.4) nanomaterials were synthesized by sol-gel citrate method and studied structural and gas sensing properties. The structural characteristics of synthesized nanomaterials were studied by X-ray diffraction measurement (XRD) and transmiss...
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Published in | Current applied physics Vol. 9; no. 6; pp. 1246 - 1251 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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01.11.2009
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Summary: | Zn@@d1-@@@i@@dx@@Mn@@i@@dx@@Fe@@d2@O@@d4@ (@@ix@ = 0, 0.2 and 0.4) nanomaterials were synthesized by sol-gel citrate method and studied structural and gas sensing properties. The structural characteristics of synthesized nanomaterials were studied by X-ray diffraction measurement (XRD) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). The results revealed that the particle size is in the range of 30-35 nm for Mn-Zn ferrite with good crystallinity. The gas sensing properties were studied towards reducing gases like LPG, CH@@d4,@ CO and ethanol and it is observed that Mn-Zn ferrite shows high response to ethanol at relatively lower operating temperature. The Zn@@d0.6@Mn@@d0.4@Fe@@d2@O@@d4@ nanomaterial shows better sensitivity towards ethanol at an operating temperature 300 C. Incorporation of 1.5 wt.% Pd improved the sensitivity, selectivity, response time and reduced the operating temperature from 300 C to 230 C for ethanol sensor. The response time of 200 ppm ethanol in air is about 10s. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1567-1739 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cap.2009.02.001 |