Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 158, Issue 1, Pages 89-96Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.05.046
Keywords
Perovskite; La1-xKxCo0.3Fe0.7O3-delta; Oxygen vacancy; K-substitution; Humidity sensor
Funding
- Shanghai University [A. 10-0407-09-002]
- Science Fund for The Excellent Youth Scholars of University (Shanghai)
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The effects of K-substitution at La-site of La1-xKxCo0.3Fe0.7O3-delta perovskite on its structure and humidity sensing properties were studied in detail. The XRD, SEM-EDS, N-2 adsorption-desorption measurements (BET), ICP-AES and XPS were used to characterize the microstructure of La1-xKxCo0.3Fe0.7O3-delta perovskite. The results show that the partial substitution of K at La-site has no obvious effect on the crystal phase, morphology and surface area of samples, but leads to the increased oxygen vacancies and surface enriched K+. The sensitivity of humidity sensor based on all samples was evaluated by measuring the impedance response to the humidity changes. The partial substitution of K at La-site significantly enhanced the humidity sensitivity of La1-xKxCo0.3Fe0.7O3-delta perovskite at low relative humidity (RH). By correlating the structure of material with its sensing properties, the probable reasons that lead to the remarkable sensitivity enhancement of the K-substitution samples compared with the unsubstituted sample (LaCo0.3Fe0.7O3-delta) were given: moreover, the sensing mechanism was also discussed by the complex impedance spectra in detail. Crown Copyright (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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