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Microwave assisted hydrothermal synthesis of mesoporous SnO2 nanoparticles for ethanol sensing and degradation

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We report the synthesis of mesoporous SnO2 nanoparticles by a microwave assisted hydrothermal process and their application as a gas sensor. The synthesized materials were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction technique, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Photoluminescence spectroscopy. As the results, we found that as-synthesized SnO2 was synthetic Cassiterite with tetragonal structure and spherical in shape with the primary crystallite size of 6–8 nm, and the SnO2 embedded material was mesoporous with average pore sizes of ≈15 nm. Moreover, this material showed excellent thermal stability from 80 to 800 °C and its crystal structure after heat treatment was preserved even at ultrahigh temperature of 800 °C. We demonstrated that this material could be used for detection of the ethanol gas because of its stability and nanoscale size at high temperature. Additionally our investigations also suggest that the processed materials can be used for the photocatalytic oxidation of ethanol. These results propose the potential application of the material for a sense and shoot kind of approach for indoor air purification in pharmaceutical and fermentation monitoring and vehicular control through breath analyzer.

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  1. Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (CSIR), Bhubaneswar, 751013, India

    Suraj K. Tripathy

  2. Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea

    Amrita Mishra

  3. Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali University, Rajasthan, India

    Sandeep Kumar Jha

  4. Al-Jeraisy Chair for DNA Research, Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Rizwan Wahab & Abdulaziz A. Al-Khedhairy

  5. Research Institute of Engineering & Technology & Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Korea University, Seoul , 136713, South Korea

    Suraj K. Tripathy & Sandeep Kumar Jha

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Suraj K. Tripathy and Sandeep Kumar Jha previously in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Research Institute of Engineering and Technology, College of Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136713, South Korea.

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Tripathy, S.K., Mishra, A., Jha, S.K. et al. Microwave assisted hydrothermal synthesis of mesoporous SnO2 nanoparticles for ethanol sensing and degradation. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 24, 2082–2090 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-013-1062-0

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Keywords

  • SnO2
  • Photocatalytic Activity
  • Sensor Response
  • Heat Treatment Temperature
  • Cassiterite