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Selective Oxygen Sensor Prepared Using Ni-doped Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles

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In this work, pure and Ni-doped zinc ferrite nanoparticles, Zn(1-x)NixFe2O4 (x = 0.02, 0.04 and 0.06), were prepared by coprecipitation followed by calcination. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis revealed the shrinkage in the lattice by incorporation of Ni in zinc ferrite nanoparticles. The prepared nanoparticles were 25–100 nm in size as revealed by scanning electron microscopy. Oxygen sensing characteristics were evaluated for all the prepared compositions. The results showed an increase in the response of the sensors towards oxygen by Ni doping. The increase in response may be attributed to the increase in oxygen adsorption on the particles surface by Ni doping. The response time of Zn0.96Ni0.04Fe2O4 was lowest and was 10 s for 400 ppm oxygen concentration at 180 °C. Recovery time of Ni-doped concentrations was lower than the pure zinc ferrite nanoparticles sensor. The response of Ni-doped zinc ferrite nanoparticles sensors was stable than that of the pure zinc ferrite.

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M. A. Rafiq would like to acknowledge the financial support from HEC under NRPU (National Research Program for Universities) Project No. 3662 and from Chinese Academy of Sciences Presidents' fellowship initiative (Grant No. VTA0002).

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  1. Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), P.O. Nilore, Islamabad, 45650, Pakistan

    S. Fareed

  2. Department of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), P.O. Nilore, Islamabad, 45650, Pakistan

    Arifa Jamil, F. Afsar & M. A. Rafiq

  3. Department of Chemistry, SSE, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan

    F. Sher

  4. State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, China

    Chuanbo Li & M. A. Rafiq

  5. School of Science, Minzu University of China, Beijing, 100081, China

    Chuanbo Li

  6. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Xiulai Xu

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Fareed, S., Jamil, A., Afsar, F. et al. Selective Oxygen Sensor Prepared Using Ni-doped Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles. J. Electron. Mater. 48, 5677–5685 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-019-07389-y

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