Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7147490 | Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical | 2014 | 20 Pages |
Abstract
Methane (CH4) gas sensing properties of novel vanadium dioxide (VO2) nanostructured films is reported for the first time. The single phase nanostructures are synthesized by pulsed dc-magnetron sputtering of V target followed by oxidation in O2 atmosphere at 550 °C. The partial pressure of O2 is controlled to obtain stoichiometric VO2 with the samples showing rutile monoclinic crystalline symmetry and regions of rod shaped nano-architectures. These nanostructured films exhibit a reversible semiconductor to metal transition in the temperature range of 60-70 °C. Gas sensing experiments are carried out in the temperature span from 25 °C to 200 °C in presence of CH4. These experiments reveal that the films respond very well at temperatures as low as 50 °C, in the semiconducting state.
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Authors
A.K. Prasad, S. Amirthapandian, S. Dhara, S. Dash, N. Murali, A.K. Tyagi,