Ethanol Gas Sensor Fabrication Based on ZnO Flower Like Nanorods | ||
| Engineering and Technology Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 38, 3B, December 2020, Pages 85-97 PDF (1.31 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.30684/etj.v38i3B.279 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abdulqader D. Faisal1; Mofeed A. Jaleel2; Fahad Z. Kamal* 3 | ||
| 1Applied Science Dept. University of Technology - Iraq | ||
| 2Department of Applied Sciences, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq | ||
| 3Department of Applied Sciences, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Zinc oxide flower-like nanorods (ZnO NRs) was successfully synthesized via the hydrothermal method. The growth process was conducted with seed layer concentrations of 20mM. The as-synthesized nanostructures were characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), atomic force microscope (AFM), and ultraviolet-visible (UV-VIS) spectrophotometer. The analysis results revealed a pure Wurtzite ZnO hexagonal nanostructures with preferred orientation (002) along the c-direction. The calculated band gap of average crystallite size is 3.2eV and 25 nm respectively. New designed, constructed and successfully calibrated for ethanol gas sensing was found. The ethanol gas sensor was fabricated at room temperature based on the ZnO NRs film. The synthesized materials proved to be a good candidate for the ethanol gas sensor. The optimum results of the gas sensor measurements of the synthesized gas sensor are as follows, the sensitivity, response time, and recovery time at 25 °C are 60%, 80 Seconds and 80 seconds respectively, and at 200 °C are 70%, 60 seconds and 50 seconds respectively. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Hydrothermal; flower-like; ZnO NRs; ethanol gas sensors; Activation Energy | ||
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