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Role of hydrothermal temperature on crystallinity, photoluminescence, photocatalytic and gas sensing properties of \(\hbox {TiO}_{2}\) nanoparticles

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\(\hbox {TiO}_{2}\) nanoparticles were synthesised by hydrothermal method. The degree of crystallinity and phase purity were confirmed from the Raman spectra and X-ray diffraction. By increasing the hydrothermal temperature, crystallinity and AC conductivity of the \(\hbox {TiO}_{2}\) nanoparticles increase. Nitrogen adsorption–desorption measurements confirmed that the samples were mesoporous with an average pore diameter of 4.4–7.45 nm. Photocatalytic activity of \(\hbox {TiO}_{2}\) nanoparticles was evaluated and the sample hydrothermally treated at \(160^{\circ }\hbox {C}\) has the highest photocatalytic activity. In gas sensing measurements, sensitivity increases as a function of concentration and the response to ethanol vapour was better compared to other gases for the sample synthesised at \(160^{\circ }\hbox {C}\).

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One of the authors, M Malligavathy would like to thank UGC, New Delhi for BSR fellowship and the authors thank DST-FIST and UGC-SAP for the financial assistance to the Department of Physics, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. The authors also thank SAIF, IIT Madras for recording HR-SEM & FT-Raman measurement and IIT, Mumbai for recording TEM measurement.

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  1. Department of Physics, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, 627 012, India

    M Malligavathy & D Pathinettam Padiyan

  2. Department of Physics, Thanthai Hans Roever Arts and Science College, Perambalur, 621 212, India

    S Iyyapushpam

  3. Electrochemical Materials Division, Central Electro Chemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, 630 003, India

    S T Nishanthi

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Malligavathy, M., Iyyapushpam, S., Nishanthi, S.T. et al. Role of hydrothermal temperature on crystallinity, photoluminescence, photocatalytic and gas sensing properties of \(\hbox {TiO}_{2}\) nanoparticles. Pramana - J Phys 90, 44 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-018-1533-1

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