Fabrication of Polyaniline/TiO2 Nanocomposite Ammonia Vapor Sensor

Authors S.G. Pawar , S.L. Patil, M.A. Chougule , P.R. Godse , D.K. Bandgar, V.B. Patil
Affiliations
Materials Research Laboratory, School of Physical Sciences, Solapur University, Solapur-413255, M.S., India
Е-mail drvbpatil@gmail.com
Issue Volume 3, Year 2011, Number 1, Part 5
Dates Received 04 February 2011, published online 08 December 2011
Citation S.G. Pawar, S.L. Patil, M.A. Chougule, et al., J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 3 No1, 1056 (2011)
DOI
PACS Number(s) 81.07. Pr
Keywords PaNi/TiO~2 nanocomposite, Response (10) , Selectivity (2) , Response time (3) , Recovery time (2) .
Annotation
Polyaniline/Titanium dioxide (PANi/TiO2) nanocomposite was fabricated from PANi, prepared by oxidative chemical polymerization and TiO2, synthesized by sol gel method. The PANi/TiO2 thin film sensors were prepared by spin coating technique. PANi/TiO2 nanocomposites were characterized by XRD and SEM. The cross sensitivity of thin film sensor indicate that the sensor exhibit selectivity to ammonia (NH3). The gas sensing measurements were carried out for different concentrations of NH3. The gas sensing study revealed that the response value increases with increasing concentration of NH3. Moreover, as concentration of NH3 increases, the response time decreases while recovery time increases, which can be attributed to the varying adsorption and desorption rates of an ambient gas with increasing concentration.

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