Nanostructured spinel ZnCo2O4 for the detection of LPG |
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Authors: | Subramanian VijayanandAuthor VitaePattayil A JoyAuthor Vitae Hari S PotdarAuthor Vitae Dewyani PatilAuthor VitaePradip PatilAuthor Vitae |
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Affiliation: | a Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411 008, Maharashtra, India b Department of Physics, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon 425 001, Maharashtra, India |
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Abstract: | Nanostrucutred spinel ZnCo2O4 (∼26-30 nm) was synthesized by calcining the mixed precursor (consisting of cobalt hydroxyl carbonate and zinc hydroxyl carbonate) in air at 600 °C for 5 h. The mixed precursor was prepared through a low cost and simple co-precipitation/digestion method. The transformation of the mixed precursor into nanostructured spinel ZnCo2O4 upon calcinations was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). To demonstrate the potential applicability of ZnCo2O4 spinel in the fabrication of gas sensors, its LPG sensing characteristics were systematically investigated. The ZnCo2O4 spinel exhibited outstanding gas sensing characteristics such as, higher gas response (∼72-50 ppm LPG gas at 350 °C), response time (∼85-90 s), recovery time (∼75-80 s), excellent repeatability, good selectivity and relatively lower operating temperature (∼350 °C). The experimental results demonstrated that the nanostructured spinel ZnCo2O4 is a very promising material for the fabrication of LPG sensors with good sensing characteristics. Plausible LPG sensing mechanism is also discussed. |
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Keywords: | Nanostructured ZnCo2O4 LPG sensor Semiconductor gas sensors HRTEM XPS |
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