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COMPOSITE INTERFACES
Volume 24, Issue 6, Pages 549-561Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09276440.2017.1241523
Keywords
Polyaniline; nickel ferrite; liquefied petroleum gas; sensing response: p-n heterojunction; stability
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- University Grants Commission, New Delhi [14-917/2012 (SR)]
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In this work, we introduce polyaniline-nickel ferrite (PANI-NF) nanostructured composite to detect liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at room temperature. The composite synthesized by relatively simple method of in-situ chemical polymerization was structurally characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. The presence of characteristic absorption bands of both PANI and NF in the FTIR spectrum of the composite with small shifts confirmed interfacial interaction of PANI with NF. The XRD studies also confirmed interfacial interaction between PANI and NF in the composite and its crystalline nature with an average crystallite size of 20nm. Highly agglomerated granular porous morphology favourable for LPG adsorption was revealed by SEM image of the composite. The TEM image of the composite clearly showed nanosized NF particles embedded in PANI matrix. The LPG sensing performance of the composite at room temperature was tested using a film prepared by depositing the composite on an ordinary glass substrate by cost-effective spin coating technique. The maximum sensing response of the composite was found to be 57% at 700ppm of LPG, with a response time of 50s and a recovery time of 200s. The composite was found to be stable for a period of one month. The sensing mechanism has been discussed on the basis of formation of interfacial p-n heterojunction barrier.
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