Formation of a Nanorod-Assembled TiO2 ActinomorphicFlower-like Microsphere Film via Ta Doping Using a Facile Solution Immersion Method for Humidity Sensing
This study fabricated tantalum (Ta)-doped titanium dioxide with a unique nanorodassembled actinomorphic-flower-like microsphere structured film. The Ta-doped TiO2 actinomorphicflower-like microsphere (TAFM) was fabricated via the solution immersion method in a Schott bottle with a home-made improvis...
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8803/1/J15823_9762ac0f5e599b24ddb1cf260afb8c25.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8803/ https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13020256 |
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| Summary: | This study fabricated tantalum (Ta)-doped titanium dioxide with a unique nanorodassembled actinomorphic-flower-like microsphere structured film. The Ta-doped TiO2 actinomorphicflower-like microsphere (TAFM) was fabricated via the solution immersion method in a Schott bottle with a home-made improvised clamp. The samples were characterised using FESEM, HRTEM, XRD,
Raman, XPS, and Hall effect measurements for their structural and electrical properties. Compared to the undoped sample, the rutile-phased TAFM sample had finer nanorods with an average 42 nm
diameter assembled to form microsphere-like structures. It also had higher oxygen vacancy sites, electron concentration, and mobility. In addition, a reversed double-beam photoacoustic spectroscopy
measurement was performed for TAFM, revealing that the sample had a high electron trap density of up to 2.5 µmolg1. The TAFM showed promising results when employed as the resistive-type
sensing film for a humidity sensor, with the highest sensor response of 53,909% obtained at 3 at.% Ta doping. Adding rGO to 3 at.% TAFM further improved the sensor response to 232,152% |
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