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Co-doped ZnO nanostructures for liquefied petroleum gas sensing at room temperature

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Nanostructured ZnO and 5% Co-doped ZnO were successfully prepared via sol?gel technique. The synthesized materials were scrutinized utilizing different characterization techniques viz. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Elemental-Dispersive X-ray Analysis (EDX) to investigate their structural, optical, topographical and elemental properties, respectively. The average crystallite size of ZnO and 5% Co-doped ZnO was estimated by Debye?Scherer formula and found to be 27 nm and 20 nm, respectively. The SEM images of ZnO and 5% Co-doped ZnO suggested the porous nature of both the materials bearing spherical and rounded sort of morphology. The synthesized materials were also tested for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) sensing application and various significant sensing parameters such as response time, recovery time, sensitivity and reproducibility were calculated. LPG sensing results indicated that 5% Co-doped ZnO bears extremely low response and recovery times along with high sensitivity and reproducibility. Please confirm if the author names are presented accurately and in the correct sequence. Author 1 Given name: [Prabhat Kumar] Last name [Singh], Author 2 Given name: [Saurabh Kumar] Last name [Singh] Also, kindly confirm the details in the metadata are correct.Yes, it is correct.

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Acknowledgements

P.K.S. and N.S. acknowledge support under UGC-BSR [F25-1/2014-15(BSR)7-177/2007(BSR)] and Centre of Excellence, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh (360/70-4-2019-1035/2018), respectively.

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University Grants Commission, UGC-BSR [F25-1/2014-15(BSR)7-177/2007(BSR)], Prabhat Kumar Singh, Centre of Excellence, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh,Centre of Excellence, Neetu Singh, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh (360/70-4-2019-1035/2018), Neetu Singh

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  1. Macromolecular Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, UP, 226007, India

    Prabhat Kumar Singh, Mridula Singh & Poonam Tandon

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, UP, 226007, India

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  3. Government Degree College, Kuchlai, Sitapur, UP, 261303, India

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All the authors contributed to the manuscript. PKS and NS synthesized the materials and performed LPG sensing investigations. SKS and MS assisted in performing of different characterizations viz. XRD, FTIR, SEM and EDS along with their interpretation. The first draft of the manuscript was written by PKS and NS. Necessary modifications were recommended in the first draft by PT. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Singh, P.K., Singh, N., Singh, S.K. et al. Co-doped ZnO nanostructures for liquefied petroleum gas sensing at room temperature. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 915 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10344-7

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