<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>An electrospinning technology have been developed to obtain zinc oxide nanofibres doped with aluminum. Properties of the obtained nanostructures can be controlled by both the composition of a precursor and subsequent annealing treatment. The gas sensors manufactured with the use of ZnO:Al nanofibres exhibit good response to NO2 at relatively low operating temperatures. For some samples it was observed that interaction with ambient NO2 gas causes the change of conductivity from n-type to p-type at higher operating temperatures. This phenomenon was not observed for the samples annealed at higher temperature.</p></abstract>

An electrospinning technology have been developed to obtain zinc oxide nanofibres doped with aluminum. Properties of the obtained nanostructures can be controlled by both the composition of a precursor and subsequent annealing treatment. The gas sensors manufactured with the use of ZnO:Al nanofibres exhibit good response to NO2 at relatively low operating temperatures. For some samples it was observed that interaction with ambient NO2 gas causes the change of conductivity from n-type to p-type at higher operating temperatures. This phenomenon was not observed for the samples annealed at higher temperature.

Sensor properties of ZnO:Al nanofibres obtained by electrospinning

Faculty of Computer Science, Electronics and Telecommunications, Dept. of Electronics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059, Kraków, Poland

Materials Science-Poland

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An electrospinning technology have been developed to obtain zinc oxide nanofibres doped with aluminum. Properties of the obtained nanostructures can be...

Sensor properties of ZnO:Al nanofibres obtained by electrospinning

Publié en ligne: 22 juil. 2014

Pages: 176 - 180

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-013-0186-5

Mots clés
ZnO:Al nanofibres, electrospinning, gas sensors

© 2014 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Sensor properties of ZnO:Al nanofibres obtained by electrospinning

Publié en ligne: 22 juil. 2014

Pages: 176 - 180

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-013-0186-5

Mots clésZnO:Al nanofibres, electrospinning, gas sensors

© 2014 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
ZnO:Al nanofibres, electrospinning, gas sensors