Synthesis and Harmful Gas Sensing Properties of Zinc Oxide Modified Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Composites

Abstract:

Metal oxide semiconductors materials such as zinc oxide (ZnO) are often used in the fabrication of chemoresistive gas sensors, but ZnO materials require high operating temperatures to operate. In another side, carbon nanotubes (CNT) have many distinct properties and recently have been exploited as the next generation of sensors, including chemoresisitive type gas sensors. This study was aimed to investigate the performance of MWNT-ZnO composites as SO₂ gas sensitive layer. By fabricate composites of MWNT and ZnO, have been obtained a sensitive layer that can be utilized for application as gas sensitive layer with relatively lower operating temperature. A sensitive layer of MWNT-ZnO based composites have been successfully fabricated on a alumina substrate and several characterization techniques has been performed, i.e. XRD, SEM and EDS to study the formed crystalline phase, the morphology of the nanostructures, and the elemental composition of synthesized composites. MWNT-ZnO sensitive layer was tested by exposure to SO₂ gas at various operating temperatures and gas concentration. From the performance testing results, it could be found that the composite materials have a prospective as a gas sensor at lower operating temperature with short response time and good sensitivity.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1044-1045)
• Pages: 172-175
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1044-1045.172
• Online since: October 2014
• Authors: Muhammad Iqbal*, Embun Marintan, Ni Luh Wulan Septiani, Suyatman Suyatman, Ahmad Nuruddin, Nugraha Nugraha, Brian Yuliarto
• Keywords: Dynamic Response of Sensor, Gas Sensor, Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Sulfur Dioxide, Zinc Oxide

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