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Electrospun Polyvinyl Alcohol Nanofibers Containing Titanium Dioxide for Gas Sensor Applications

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Electrospun nanofibers for gas sensor application were effectively prepared from polyvinyl alcohol and pluronic solution with different percentages of titanium dioxide (\(\hbox {TiO}_{2}\)) nanoparticles. Nanofibers membrane was subject to detailed analysis by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). Adding \(\hbox {TiO}_{2}\) nanoparticles to the blended solution increased nanofibers diameters from \(280 \pm 20\) to \(310 \pm 30\ \hbox {nm}\). The gas sensor response of \(\hbox {TiO}_{2}\) nanofibers (as a function of temperature) was estimated toward liquid petroleum gas (LPG), \(\hbox {CO}_{2}\), and \(\hbox {O}_{2}\) and compared with pure nanofibers. The maximum response value (100%) was obtained for LPG at \(160\,{^{\circ }}\hbox {C}\) with \(\hbox {TiO}_{2}\) nanofibers (0.01%). These results show promising gas sensing characteristics (such as lower operating temperatures and sufficient gas responses) for those nanofibers materials.

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  1. Polymer Materials Research Department, Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute, Scientific Research and Technological Applications City (SRTA-City), New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria, 21934, Egypt

    Gomaa F. El Fawal & Mohamed R. El-Aassar

  2. Electronic Materials Research Department, Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute, Scientific Research and technological applications (SRTA-City), New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria, 21934, Egypt

    H. Shokry Hassan

  3. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Jouf University, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia

    H. Shokry Hassan

  4. Fabrication Technology Research Department, Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute, Scientific Research and Technological Applications City (SRTA-City), New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria, 21934, Egypt

    Marwa F. Elkady

  5. Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering Department, Egypt-Japan University for Science and Technology, New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria, 21934, Egypt

    Marwa F. Elkady

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El Fawal, G.F., Hassan, H.S., El-Aassar, M.R. et al. Electrospun Polyvinyl Alcohol Nanofibers Containing Titanium Dioxide for Gas Sensor Applications. Arab J Sci Eng 44, 251–257 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-018-3529-z

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