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Novel CO and CO2 Sensor Based on Nanostructured Dy2O3 Microspheres Synthesized by the Coprecipitation Method

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Abstract

Rare earth oxides have outstanding physical and chemical properties that attract the scientific and technological interest worldwide. Particularly, Dy2O3 is an n-type semiconductor material, whose catalytic, luminescent, and dielectric properties have been successfully applied. However, their gas sensing properties have been significantly less studied. In this chapter, the findings from the preparation of nanostructured Dy2O3 microspheres by the coprecipitation method are presented. The characterization of a sensor device made with the as-prepared material revealed a selective response to CO and CO2. However, different physicochemical processes are involved in the detection. Even though Dy2O3 has a wide bandgap energy, a reliable and quantitative detection of these environmental gases was also observed. The gas response measured in 100 ppm of CO was 3, whereas for CO2 with the same concentration was 2.14; the response times were 30 and 16 s, respectively. Moreover, long-term stability of the Dy2O3 sensor device was observed in both gases.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Coordinación General Académica of Universidad de Guadalajara, through the PRO-SNI 2018 program. M. A. Lopez-Alvarez thanks CONACYT for his Ph.D. scholarship in the CUCEI, Universidad de Guadalajara. Carlos R. Michel thanks the Profs. Carl Tripp and Robert Lad of the Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology (LASST), University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA, for the support in the analysis of samples by Raman spectroscopy and XPS. He also thanks to Anushka Vithanage and Prof. William Gramlich of the Department of Chemistry, University of Maine for DSC analysis.

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  1. Department of Physics, Universidad de Guadalajara CUCEI, 44410, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

    Carlos R. Michel & Miguel A. Lopez-Alvarez

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    Alma H. Martínez-Preciado

  3. Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA

    George P. Bernhardt

  4. Department of Chemistry, Universidad de Guadalajara CUCEI, 44410, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

    José A. Rivera-Mayorga

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Michel, C.R., Martínez-Preciado, A.H., Lopez-Alvarez, M.A., Bernhardt, G.P., Rivera-Mayorga, J.A. (2020). Novel CO and CO2 Sensor Based on Nanostructured Dy2O3 Microspheres Synthesized by the Coprecipitation Method. In: Thomas, S., Joshi, N., Tomer, V. (eds) Functional Nanomaterials. Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4810-9_4

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