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Hydrothermally synthesized ZnO and Z-rGO nanorods: Effect of post-annealing temperature and rGO incorporation on hydrogen sensing

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In this work, hydrogen-sensing characteristics of zinc oxide nanorods and reduced graphene oxide-incorporated zinc oxide nanorods are investigated. The effect of post-annealing treatment and incorporation of reduced graphene oxide in zinc oxide nanorods on hydrogen sensing was reported. The sensor is developed using zinc oxide nanorods film and reduced graphene oxide-incorporated zinc oxide nanorods film over a glass substrate with interdigitated gold electrode structure over the sensing film. Sensor fabrication and material characterization were analyzed. The resistivity of ZnO nanorod increased from 0.76 to 2.03 Ω.cm with the incorporation with rGO. The devices were tested using hydrogen at operating temperature 200 °C for different gas concentrations (100, 150, and 200 ppm). Among all the fabricated sensor samples, Z–rGO sample is found to exhibit better sensing properties toward hydrogen.

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The authors would like to thank SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formally known as SRM University), Chennai for the award of SRM fellowship to carry out the research work. We also thank DST—FIST (DST—FIST—SR/FST/PSI-155/2010) for experimental facility and Nanotechnology Research Center, and SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formally known as SRM University), Kattankulathur for extending the characterization facilities.

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    Guru Nisha Narayanan, Pavithra Ananthasubramanian, Ajay Rakkesh Rajendran & Karthigeyan Annamalai

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Narayanan, G.N., Ananthasubramanian, P., Rajendran, A.R. et al. Hydrothermally synthesized ZnO and Z-rGO nanorods: Effect of post-annealing temperature and rGO incorporation on hydrogen sensing. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 9455–9470 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-07439-4

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