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Photoluminescence and Chemoresistive Gas Sensing: A Comparative Study Using V2O5 Nanostructures for NH3

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In this study, pristine and tin-doped vanadium pentoxide nanoparticles were synthesized via hydrothermal method and characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and photoluminescence spectroscopy confirmed the orthorhombic structure, single phase and chain-layered structure. Microstructural analysis revealed the morphology of V2O5 as chain-layered-like structure. The crystallite size with microstrain with the peak-broadening of doped and undoped V2O5 nanoparticles was analyzed by William–Hall (W-H) method. The effect of Sn dopant on the crystallite size, morphology and luminescence property showed that the crystallite size reduces to 53.45 nm in the presence of Sn dopant. Optical sensing study on pure and Sn-doped V2O5 at room temperature showed the maximum 79.94% sensitivity for 45 ppm ammonia.

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Authors are pleased to acknowledge the Director, MANIT, Bhopal, for providing necessary facilities for this work, and the Director, UGC-DAE-Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore Centre (M.P.), India, for XRD, FTIR, micro-Raman, thin film analyzer and UV–Vis measurements. Mr. Nitu Singh is thankful to MANIT for providing Institute Fellowship.

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Singh, N., Bamne, J., Mishra, K.M., Singh, N., Haque, F.Z. (2021). Photoluminescence and Chemoresistive Gas Sensing: A Comparative Study Using V2O5 Nanostructures for NH3. In: Khan, Z.H. (eds) Emerging Trends in Nanotechnology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9904-0_10

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