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FRONTIERS IN MATERIALS
Volume 6, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmats.2019.00122
Keywords
spray pyrolysis; ZnO; nanorod; SnO2; thin film; gas sensor; ethanol; nanocomposite
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- University of Malaya
- Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia [FP014-2015A]
- National Science Foundation [1609142]
- Division Of Materials Research
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1609142] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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This work reports the fabrication of mixed structure of ZnO nanorod on SnO2 thin film via spray pyrolysis followed by thermal annealing and their gas sensing properties. ZnO/SnO2 nanostructures are successfully prepared on a gold interdigitated alumina substrate by spraying varying mixed precursor concentrations of zinc acetate and tin (IV) chloride pentahydrate solutions in ethanol and thermal annealing. The morphology of the nanostructures is controlled by tailoring the Zn:Sn ratio in the precursor solution mixture. Unique ZnO crystals and ZnO nanorods are observed under a field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) when the Zn/Sn ratio in the precursor solution is in between 13:7 and 17:3 after thermal annealing. The fabricated nanostructures are tested for ethanol, methane and hydrogen in air ambient for various gas concentrations ranging from 25 to 400 ppm and the effect of fabrication conditions on the sensitivity and selectivity are studied. Among the nanostructure sensors studied, the film fabricated with molar ratio of Zn/Sn = 3:1 shows better sensitivity and selectivity to ethanol due to high sensing surface area of the nanorod. The response to 25 ppm ethanol is found to be as high as 50 at an operating temperature of 400 degrees C.
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