Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 347, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2021.130530
Keywords
NiO; Eu3+ rare earth; Luminescence; Toluene sensing
Funding
- Department of Science and Innovation (DSI)
- National Research Foundation
- CSIRHuman Capital Development
- Sarchi chair initiative of the Department of Science and Technology [84415]
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
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The research demonstrates that 3 wt% Eu3+ doped NiO exhibits a good response and sensitivity towards toluene at 100 degrees Celsius with 1 V bias voltage, along with a low detection limit. By precisely designing the relative amount of Eu3+ in NiO, the gas sensitivity and selectivity of the sensor can be further optimized.
We present the engineering of various concentrations of rare-earth europium (Eu3+) ions in the range of 1-4 wt% doped in p-type NiO for selective detection of toluene prepared utilizing the hydrothermal method. The undoped showed a nanoflake-like, while doped samples displayed the evolution of NiO that was induced by Eu3+ dopants. The X-ray diffraction and photoluminescence (PL) findings showed that the Eu3+ ions were successfully doped into NiO. The PL emission spectrum upon the excitation of 394 nm and displayed four emission peaks with the maxima at 468, 571, 611, and 665 nm. Among the doped samples, the 3 wt% Eu3+ doped NiO displayed improved response (R-g/R-a approximate to 25 %) towards 60 ppm toluene vapour in the presence of other interfering vapours, such as benzene, ethylene-benzene and xylene at the functional temperature of 100 degrees C with a bias voltage of 1 V. The 3 wt% Eu3+ doped NiO based sensor response was approximately 1.5 higher in comparison to other vapours, with sensitivity and low detection limit of 0.36 ppm(-1) and 250 ppb, respectively. Under the bias voltage and exposure time of 2 V and 3 h, respectively, we noticed a massive response of R-g/R-a approximate to 59 %, which is twice higher compared to the initial response Thus, the probability of fine-tuning the gas sensitivity and selectivity of the Eu3+ doped NiO based sensor by designing the relative amount of Eu3+ in NiO (similar to 3 wt% Eu) is encouraging for further fabrication of Eu(3+)doped NiO as a potential sensor for toluene detection.
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