High selectivity trimethylamine sensors based on graphene-NiGa2O4 nanocomposites prepared by hydrothermal method

Publication date: 1 Apr 2020

JournalSource: LEGACY
Authors: Mauro Epifani

sIn this paper, a series of graphene (G)-NiGa2O4 nanocomposites were prepared by hydrothermal method. The as-prepared nanocomposites were characterized by XRD, SEM, HRTEM, FTIR, Raman, XPS and nitrogen adsorption-desorption, respectively. The effect of the amount of graphene in the nanocomposites on the gas sensing responses and gas sensing selectivity of G-NiGa2O4 nanocomposites was investigated. It was found that the addition of graphene in nanocomposites increased the responses of nanocomposites to trimethylamine (TMA) when operating at 20 °C and 2 wt% G-NiGa2O4 nanocomposite showed the best gas sensing performances among all studied nanocomposites. 2 wt% G-NiGa2O4 nanocomposite exhibited high gas sensing selectivity to TMA at room temperature, the ratio of S 1000 ppm TMA/S 1000 ppm ammonia reached 36.1; the detection limit for TMA reached 0.01 …

Publisher
North-Holland
Origin
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
Legacy ID
413aaf61308702521d1c91b6935db23a
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Volume: 118 Pages: 113788