TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection of ethanol vapours with Al-incorporated ZnO thin films
AU - Hsu, Huan Hsung
AU - Tsai, Chun Kuo
AU - Wang, Michelle
AU - Tuan, Yeu Juin
AU - Wang, H. Paul
N1 - Funding Information:
The financial supports of the Taiwan National Science Council, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC) and Bureau of Energy are gratefully acknowledged. We also thank Y.W. Yang and Jyh-Fu Lee at NSRRC for their EXAFS and XANES experimental assistances.
PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - Al2O3 has been incorporated in the nanosize ZnO (Al/ZnO) thin film to enhance its sensitivity (Rair/RC2H5OH) to C2H5OH vapour. It is found that the Al/ZnO thin film has a high sensitivity (>20), which is much greater than the plain ZnO by at least 50%. The speciation of zinc in the Al/ZnO thin films during detection of C2H5OH (200 ppm) has also been studied by in situ X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy. The least-square fitted XANES spectra indicate that the main zinc species in the thin film are bulky ZnO (4100 nm) (5%) and nanosize ZnO (95%). At the temperature of 300 K, during sensing of C2H5OH, a small amount of Zn(OH)2 (7%) is formed in the thin film. The chemical interaction between C2H5OH and ZnO has also been found by in situ extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy. The bond distance of Zn-O is decreased to 1.93Å during sensing of C2H5OH, which may be caused by the electron donating to ZnO during adsorption of C2H5OH (C2H5HO→Zn-O). In the absence of C2H5OH, the Zn-O bond distance is restored to 1.92Å.
AB - Al2O3 has been incorporated in the nanosize ZnO (Al/ZnO) thin film to enhance its sensitivity (Rair/RC2H5OH) to C2H5OH vapour. It is found that the Al/ZnO thin film has a high sensitivity (>20), which is much greater than the plain ZnO by at least 50%. The speciation of zinc in the Al/ZnO thin films during detection of C2H5OH (200 ppm) has also been studied by in situ X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy. The least-square fitted XANES spectra indicate that the main zinc species in the thin film are bulky ZnO (4100 nm) (5%) and nanosize ZnO (95%). At the temperature of 300 K, during sensing of C2H5OH, a small amount of Zn(OH)2 (7%) is formed in the thin film. The chemical interaction between C2H5OH and ZnO has also been found by in situ extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy. The bond distance of Zn-O is decreased to 1.93Å during sensing of C2H5OH, which may be caused by the electron donating to ZnO during adsorption of C2H5OH (C2H5HO→Zn-O). In the absence of C2H5OH, the Zn-O bond distance is restored to 1.92Å.
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U2 - 10.1080/17458081003720654
DO - 10.1080/17458081003720654
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79551560260
SN - 1745-8080
VL - 6
SP - 7
EP - 12
JO - Journal of Experimental Nanoscience
JF - Journal of Experimental Nanoscience
IS - 1
ER -