Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano12020240
Keywords
sodium molybdenum phosphate glass-ceramics; crystallization; ionic conductivity; humidity sensors
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- Hrvatska zaklada za znanost (Croatian Science Foundation)
- POLAR-ION-GLASS project [IP-2018-01-5425]
- European Regional Development Fund, OP Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014-2020
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Glass-ceramics containing crystalline NaMoO2PO4 were prepared through heat-treatments at different temperatures and times. These materials exhibit high proton conductivity and remarkable humidity-sensing properties in a humid environment, making them potential candidates for applications.
A series of glass-ceramics were prepared by heat-treatments of 40Na(2)O-30MoO(3)-30P(2)O(5) (in mol%) glass in a temperature range from 380 (T-g) to 490 degrees C (T-c) and for 1-24 h. The prepared glass-ceramics contain from 2 to 25 wt.% of crystalline NaMoO2PO4. The sodium-ion conductivity in these materials decreases up to one order of magnitude with an increase in the degree of crystallization due to the immobilization of sodium ions in crystalline NaMoO2PO4. The transport of sodium ions in these materials occurs primarily through the dominant continuous glassy phase, and it is weakly affected by the sporadically distributed crystalline grains. However, the prepared glass-ceramics exhibit high proton conductivity in a humid atmosphere and remarkable humidity-sensing properties; this could be related to crystalline NaMoO2PO4, which provides sites for water adsorption. The glass-ceramic prepared at 450 degrees C for 24 h shows the best humidity-sensing performance among all samples, showing an increase in proton conductivity for more than seven orders of magnitude with the increase in relative humidity from 0% to 95%. Under a highly humid atmosphere (95% relative humidity and 25 degrees C), the proton conductivity of this glass-ceramic reaches 5.2 x 10(-3) (ohm cm)(-1). Moreover, the electrical response of these materials on the change in the relative humidity is linear and reversible in the entire range of the relative humidity, which indicates that they are novel promising candidates for application as humidity sensors.
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