Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10497/22069
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Gd doped Co3O4
Nanoparticles
Co-precipitation
Oxygen sensor
Chemiresistive sensor
Issue Date: 
2020
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Fareed, S., Medwal, R., Vas, J. V., Khan, I. A., Rawat, R. S., & Rafiq, M. A. (2020). Tailoring oxygen sensing characteristics of Co3O4 nanostructures through Gd doping. Ceramics International, 46(7), 9498-9506. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.12.211
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Detection of oxygen plays an important role in food industry, medicine and controlling automotive exhaust. Here, we have developed a Co3O4 nanoparticle-based oxygen gas sensor. Effect of Gadolinium (Gd) doping on oxygen sensing is investigated using the variation in electrical resistance method which clearly reveals improvement in the sensitivity with the increase in Gadolinium doping in Co3O4. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) studies were systematically performed, to understand the effect of the morphology and crystallographic phase on the level of sensitivity with Gadolinium doping. XRD studies reveal a distortion in the Co3O4 lattice as the lattice parameters increase with increasing Gd doping. SEM and TEM show a change in particle shape and size with Gd doping. Presence of both Co+2 and Co+3 oxidation states were confirmed by XPS. Gd doping, up to 6%, improved the gas sensing response of Co3O4 nanoparticles which is attributed to the decrease in particle size and an increase in oxygen adsorption with Gd doping. Minimum response time of 4 s, 6 s, 10 s and 14 s were observed for pure Co3O4 in 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% oxygen environment respectively. Pure Co3O4 nanoparticles also showed minimum recovery time which was 6 s, 7 s, 9 s and 11 s in 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% oxygen environment respectively. All the prepared compositions were selective to oxygen at 240 °C.
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This is the final draft, after peer-review, of a manuscript published in Ceramics International. The published version is available online at http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.12.211
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0272-8842 (print)
1873-3956 (online)
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