Nanostructured ZnO thin film for hydrogen peroxide sensing |
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| Authors: | Durgajanani Sivalingam Jeyaprakash Beri Gopalakrishnan Uma Maheswari Krishnan Sridharan Madanagurusamy John Bosco Balaguru Rayappan |
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| Institution: | aCentre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Biomaterials (CeNTAB), SASTRA University, Thanjavur 613401, India;bSchool of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SASTRA University, Thanjavur 613401, India;cSchool of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur 613401, India |
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| Abstract: | A thin film of zinc oxide (ZnO) was deposited over the surface of a glass substrate by spray pyrolysis technique. To obtain ZnO thin film with nano-grains in this process, the substrate temperature was optimized and fixed at 503 K. Zinc acetate dihydrate was used as a precursor at an optimal concentration of 0.05 M. The structural and morphological properties of the film were investigated using X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Field Emission–Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE–SEM), respectively. The peaks in the XRD pattern, confirmed the polycrystalline nature of the film with hexagonal wurtzite structure. Purity of the film has been confirmed through Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX). Further the sensing behavior of the film was studied for various concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) at optimized operating temperatures of 323 and 373 K. The nanostructured ZnO film exhibited good sensitivity in the range of 500 and rapid response–recovery time of 30–60 s, respectively, towards lower concentrations of H2O2. |
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