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Electrical, Photocatalytic, and Humidity Sensing Applications of Mixed Metal Oxide Nanocomposites

[Image: see text] Mixed metal oxide nanocomposites (NCs) comprising Cu–Sr (CS), Sr–Cd (SC), and Cd–Cu (CC) were fabricated via a sol–gel method. Structural investigations of fabricated samples were carried out via X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), diffuse reflectance spect...

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Autores principales: Shaheen, Kausar, Shah, Zarbad, Khan, Behramand, Adnan, Omer, Muhammad, Alamzeb, Muhammad, Suo, Hongli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2020
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7144153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32280868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b04074
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Sumario:[Image: see text] Mixed metal oxide nanocomposites (NCs) comprising Cu–Sr (CS), Sr–Cd (SC), and Cd–Cu (CC) were fabricated via a sol–gel method. Structural investigations of fabricated samples were carried out via X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The Maxwell–Wagner model, attributing to poor conducting layers around the conducting grains, was indicated to be followed by all of the NCs while investigating the dielectric properties. The Space-charge polarization and hoping mechanism contributed to low AC conductivity at lower frequencies and high AC conductivity at higher frequencies. The as-synthesized NCs effectively degraded two toxic water contaminants, such as crystal violet (CV) and Congo red (CR). Furthermore, the NCs were also evaluated for humidity sensing measurements. All of the NCs indicated efficient response/recovery time with better stability. The extensive investigation suggested the synthesized NCs, well suited for various optical and microelectronic applications.