Ethanol-Gas-Sensing Performances of Built-in ZrO2/Co3O4 Hybrid Nanostructures
Madiha Khan, Angelo Ferlazzo, Mozaffar Hussain, Enza Fazio, Carmelo Corsaro, Angela Maria Mezzasalma, Giovanni Neri · 2023
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Madiha Khan and co-authors report a new material for sensing ethanol gas, in a 2023 study. Good gas sensors must be stable, picky, and quick, and finding materials that do all three is hard. The team combined two metal oxides, zirconium oxide and cobalt oxide, into tiny hybrid structures. They tested the mix as the active layer of a sensor at 200 degrees Celsius.
The sensor picked out ethanol clearly at low levels and answered a test pulse in under a minute. Its slow recovery, about six minutes, is a drawback the authors note. They credit the porous shape, which lets gas reach active sites, and an inner electric field where the two oxides meet. The results mark the pairing as a strong candidate for ethanol detection.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Madiha Khan, Angelo Ferlazzo, Mozaffar Hussain, Enza Fazio, Carmelo Corsaro, Angela Maria Mezzasalma, Giovanni Neri |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |