Synthesis, characterization and alcohol sensing property of Zn-doped SnO2 nanoparticles
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Abstract The Zn-doped SnO 2 nanoparticles synthesized by the chemical co-precipitation route and having dopant concentration varying from 0 to 4 at%, were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) for structural and morphological studies. XRD analyses reveal that all the samples are polycrystalline SnO 2 having tetragonal rutile structure with nanocrystallites in the range 10–25 nm. The TEM images show agglomeration of grains (cluster of primary crystallites). A corresponding selected area electron diffraction pattern reveals the different Debye rings of SnO 2 , as analyzed in XRD. Alcohol sensing properties of all the Zn-doped samples were investigated for various concentrations of methanol, ethanol and propan-2-ol in air at different operating temperatures. Among all the samples examined, the 4 at% Zn-doped sample exhibits the best response to different alcohol vapors at the operating temperature of 250 °C. For a concentration of 50 ppm, the 4 at% Zn-doped sample shows the maximum response 85.6% to methanol, 87.5% to ethanol and 94.5% to propan-2-ol respectively at the operating temperature of 250 °C. A possible reaction mechanism of alcohol sensing has been proposed.
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OpenAlex topics: Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors · Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies · Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
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