ZnO Nanopowders as Chemical Sensor to Malathion Vapor

• Authors: A. Al-Mohammad , R. Darwich , M. Rukiah , S. Abo Shaker , M. Kakhia
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Thick films of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanopowders have been prepared by high energy ball-milling for various spans of mill time (3-18 h). The morphology and crystal structure of the prepared ZnO powder were characterized by scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction. The ZnO thick films were then used to construct a gas sensor for O,O-dimethyl dithiophosphate of diethyl mercaptosuccinate (malathion) at different operating temperatures. The sensor response at 100 ppm of malathion was found to reach a maximum as large as 80 at 6 h of high energy ball-milling, four times larger than that found for ethanol. Scanning electron microscope observation of the granular state and pore size distribution analyses indicated that increasing high energy ball-milling time gave rise especially to an increase in the volume of pores in the pore size range of 6-35 nm. It is suggested that such a change in nanostructure is responsible for the marked promotion of the response to malathion.

Keywords

EN

81.16.Be; 84.37.+q; 81.20.Ev; 81.20.Wk; 07.07.Df

Discipline

• 81.20.Wk: Machining, milling
• 84.37.+q: Measurements in electric variables (including voltage, current, resistance, capacitance, inductance, impedance, and admittance, etc.)
• 07.07.Df: Sensors (chemical, optical, electrical, movement, gas, etc.); remote sensing
• 81.20.Ev: Powder processing: powder metallurgy, compaction, sintering, mechanical alloying, and granulation
• 81.16.Be: Chemical synthesis methods

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 125
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 131-134

Dates

published

2014-01

received

2012-11-27

(unknown)

2013-10-31

Contributors

author

A. Al-Mohammad

• Nano-materials Labs, Department of Physics, Atomic Energy Commission of Syria, 17th Nissan Street, B.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

author

R. Darwich

• Nano-materials Labs, Department of Physics, Atomic Energy Commission of Syria, 17th Nissan Street, B.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

author

M. Rukiah

• Department of Chemistry, Atomic Energy Commission of Syria, 17th Nissan Street, B.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

author

S. Abo Shaker

• Nano-materials Labs, Department of Physics, Atomic Energy Commission of Syria, 17th Nissan Street, B.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

author

M. Kakhia

• Nano-materials Labs, Department of Physics, Atomic Energy Commission of Syria, 17th Nissan Street, B.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.125.131