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Journal Article
Highly Sensitive Ethanol Chemical Sensor Based on Novel Ag-Doped Mesoporous α–Fe2O3 Prepared by Modified Sol-Gel Process
2018
Overview
Mesoporous α–Fe
2
O
3
has been synthesized via a simple sol-gel procedure in the presence of Pluronic (F-127) triblock copolymer as structure directing agent. Silver (Ag) nanoparticles were deposited onto α–Fe
2
O
3
matrix by the photochemical reduction approach. Morphological analysis revealed the formation of Ag nanoparticles with small sizes < 20 nm onto the mesoporous structure of α–Fe
2
O
3
possessing < 50 nm semi-spherical shape. The XRD, FTIR, Raman, UV-vis, PL, and N
2
sorption isotherm studies confirmed the high crystallinity, mesoporosity, and optical characteristics of the synthesized product. The electrochemical sensing toward liquid ethanol has been performed using the current devolved Ag/α–Fe
2
O
3
-modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) by cyclic voltammetry (
CV
) and current potential (
I-V
) techniques, and the obtained results were compared with bare GCE or pure α–Fe
2
O
3
. Mesoporous Ag/α–Fe
2
O
3
was found to largely enhance the sensor sensitivity and it exhibited excellent sensing characteristics during the precision detection of low concentrations of ethanol. High and reproducible sensitivity of 41.27 μAmM
− 1
cm
− 2
at lower ethanol concentration region (0.05 to 0.8 mM) and 2.93 μAmM
− 1
cm
− 2
at higher concentration zone (0.8 to 15 mM), with a limit of detection (LOD) of 15.4 μM have been achieved. Investigation on reaction kinetics revealed a characteristic behavior of mixed surface and diffusion-controlled processes. Detailed sensing studies revealed also that the sensitivity toward ethanol was higher than that of methanol or isopropanol. With further effort in developing the synthesis and fabrication approaches, a proper utility for the current proposed protocol for fabricating a better sensor device performance is possible.
Publisher
Springer US,Springer Nature B.V,SpringerOpen
