Author, as appears in the article.: Navarrete, Eric; Guell, Frank; Martinez-Alanis, Paulina R; Llobet, Eduard
Department: Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica
URV's Author/s: Llobet Valero, Eduard / Navarrete Gatell, Èric
Keywords: Zno No 2 Nanowires Gas sensing Ethanol Chemical vapor deposition
Abstract: Randomly oriented ZnO nanowires were grown directly onto alumina substrates having platinum interdigitated screen-printed electrodes via the chemical vapor deposition method using Au as catalyst. Three different Au film thicknesses (i.e., 3, 6 or 12 nm) were used in the growth of nanowires, and their gas sensing properties were studied for ethanol and NO2 as reducing and oxidizing species, respectively. ZnO nanowires grown employing the 6 nm thick layers were the less defective and showed the most stable, repeatable gas sensing properties. Despite ZnO nanowires grown employing the thickest Au layers reached the highest responses under dry conditions, ZnO nanowires grown using the thinnest Au film were more resilient at detecting NO2 in the presence of ambient moisture. The gas sensing results are discussed in light of the defects and the presence of Au impurities in the ZnO nanowires, as revealed by the characterization techniques used, such as X-ray diffraction, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Promising results were obtained by the implementation of ZnO NWs directly grown over alumina substrates for the detection of ethanol and NO2, substantially ameliorating our previously reported results.
Thematic Areas: Química Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Odontología Metals and alloys Metallurgy & metallurgical engineering Mechanics of materials Mechanical engineering Materials science, multidisciplinary Materials science Materials chemistry Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Interdisciplinar Geociências Farmacia Ensino Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Chemistry, physical Biotecnología Astronomia / física Antropologia / arqueologia Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: eric.navarrete@urv.cat eric.navarrete@urv.cat eduard.llobet@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-6164-4342
Record's date: 2024-10-12
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925838821033326
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Journal Of Alloys And Compounds. 890 161923-
APA: Navarrete, Eric; Guell, Frank; Martinez-Alanis, Paulina R; Llobet, Eduard (2022). Chemical vapour deposited ZnO nanowires for detecting ethanol and NO2. Journal Of Alloys And Compounds, 890(), 161923-. DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.161923
Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.161923
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications