Journal
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
Volume 11, Issue 9, Pages 2137-2141Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2112765
Keywords
Ammonia sensor; chemical polymerization; FTIR; polypyrrole
Funding
- DAE-BRNS [2010/37P/45/BRNS/1442]
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Polypyrrole thin films were synthesized in situ by chemical polymerization. The morphological studies by Scanning Electron Microscopy showed formation of uniform granular structure with average grain size of 0.6 mu m. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy revealed formation of polypyrrole. The film composition was also characterized by UV-Vis Spectroscopy. These films were investigated for their sensing behavior towards NH3, C2H5OH and CH3OH gases at room temperature. It has been observed that these films are selective for ammonia gas, and the sensitivity exhibited a linear response in range of 5-100 ppm. These studies show that polypyrrole films can be used as room temperature ammonia sensors.
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