1. Highly Sensitive, Temperature-Independent Oxygen Gas Sensor Based on Anatase TiO2 Nanoparticle Grafted, 2D Mixed Valent VOx Nanoflakelets
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Appu Vengattoor Raghu, Biji Pullithadathil, and Karthikeyan K. Karuppanan
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Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes ,Anatase ,Materials science ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,Thermal decomposition ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Bioengineering ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Oxygen ,Vanadium oxide ,0104 chemical sciences ,symbols.namesake ,Chemical engineering ,chemistry ,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy ,symbols ,0210 nano-technology ,Raman spectroscopy ,Instrumentation ,Temperature coefficient ,Monoclinic crystal system - Abstract
Herein, we report a facile approach for the synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles tethered on 2D mixed valent vanadium oxide (VOx/TiO2) nanoflakelets using a thermal decomposition assisted hydrothermal method and investigation of its temperature-independent performance enhancement in oxygen-sensing properties. The material was structurally characterized using XRD, TEM, Raman, DSC, and XPS analysis. The presence of mixed valent states, such as V2O5 and VO2 in VOx, and the metastable properties of VO2 have been found to play crucial roles in the temperature-independent electrical conductivity of VOx/TiO2 nanoflakelets. Though pristine VOx exhibited characteristic semiconductor-to-metal transition of monoclinic VO2, pure VOx nanoflakelets exhibited poor sensitivity toward sensing oxygen. VOx/TiO2 nanoflakelets showed a very low temperature coefficient of resistance above 150 °C with improved sensitivity (35 times higher than VOx for 100 ppm) toward oxygen gas. VOx/TiO2 nanoflakelets exhibited much higher response,...
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- 2018
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