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La0.8Pb0.1Ca0.1Fe1−xCoxO3 thin films as ozone-sensitive layers

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This paper describes the realization and characterization of \({\text{La}}_{0.8}{\text{Pb}}_{0.1}{\text{Ca}}_{0.1}{\text{Fe}}_{1-x}{\text{Co}}_{x}{\text{O}}_{3}\) gas-based sensors. \({\text{La}}_{0.8}{\text{Pb}}_{0.1}{\text{Ca}}_{0.1}{\text{Fe}}_{1-x}{\text{Co}}_{x}{\text{O}}_{3}\) \((0.00\le x\le 0.20)\) thin films are prepared using the drop-coating method over a \({\text{Si}}/{\text{SiO}}_{2}\) substrate with inter-digitated \({\text{Pt}}\)-electrodes. The sensors, thus, produced exhibit a good sensitivity to ozone at low concentration. The substitution of iron atoms by cobalt ones increases the sensor responses “S,” from 1.716 for \(x = 0.00\) to 6.584 to \(x = 0.20\) for an ozone concentration equal to \(400\,{\text{ppb}}\). In addition, the substitution of iron by cobalt induces a decrease in the sensor-operating temperature from \(270\,^\circ{\text{C}}\) for the parent compound \((x = 0.00)\) to \(170\,^\circ{\text{C}}\) for \(x = 0.20\).

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Smiy, S., Bejar, M., Dhahri, E. et al. La0.8Pb0.1Ca0.1Fe1−xCoxO3 thin films as ozone-sensitive layers. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 23983–23998 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06862-x

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