Characterisation And Performance Of Sno2 Film For Detection Of Volatile Organic Compounds Synthesised By Chemical Vapour Deposition Method

SnO2 films were successfully coated on alumina substrate by using tetramethyltin (TMT) as the precursor via chemical vapour deposition (CVD) technique, to be used as chemical sensor. Characterisation of the films was performed by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy...

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Main Author: Tan, Xian-Ju
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/43432/1/Tan%20Xian-Ju24.pdf
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description SnO2 films were successfully coated on alumina substrate by using tetramethyltin (TMT) as the precursor via chemical vapour deposition (CVD) technique, to be used as chemical sensor. Characterisation of the films was performed by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). The sensor was optimised by varying parameters such as coating temperature (400 oC - 500 oC), coating time (30 min - 90 min) and annealing temperature (450 oC - 550 oC). The optimum coating condition was achieved at coating temperature of 450 oC and coating time of 60 min without annealing with highest sensitivity of 25.02 towards 500 ppm of ethanol vapour. It was also found that film thickness increased linearly from 0.31 μm to 16.77 μm as the coating time increased from 30 min to 90 min. Meanwhile, annealing temperature of 450 oC to 550 oC did not improve the sensitivity when compared to the sensitivity of the film without annealing. Instead, an increase of annealing temperature lowered the sensor sensitivity. The results also showed that response time decreased with increasing ethanol concentration meanwhile the recovery time increased with increasing ethanol concentration. The optimised sensor also responded to other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as acetone and methanol vapour.
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spelling usm.eprints-434322019-04-12T05:26:17Z http://eprints.usm.my/43432/ Characterisation And Performance Of Sno2 Film For Detection Of Volatile Organic Compounds Synthesised By Chemical Vapour Deposition Method Tan, Xian-Ju TP1-1185 Chemical technology SnO2 films were successfully coated on alumina substrate by using tetramethyltin (TMT) as the precursor via chemical vapour deposition (CVD) technique, to be used as chemical sensor. Characterisation of the films was performed by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). The sensor was optimised by varying parameters such as coating temperature (400 oC - 500 oC), coating time (30 min - 90 min) and annealing temperature (450 oC - 550 oC). The optimum coating condition was achieved at coating temperature of 450 oC and coating time of 60 min without annealing with highest sensitivity of 25.02 towards 500 ppm of ethanol vapour. It was also found that film thickness increased linearly from 0.31 μm to 16.77 μm as the coating time increased from 30 min to 90 min. Meanwhile, annealing temperature of 450 oC to 550 oC did not improve the sensitivity when compared to the sensitivity of the film without annealing. Instead, an increase of annealing temperature lowered the sensor sensitivity. The results also showed that response time decreased with increasing ethanol concentration meanwhile the recovery time increased with increasing ethanol concentration. The optimised sensor also responded to other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as acetone and methanol vapour. 2013-04 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/43432/1/Tan%20Xian-Ju24.pdf Tan, Xian-Ju (2013) Characterisation And Performance Of Sno2 Film For Detection Of Volatile Organic Compounds Synthesised By Chemical Vapour Deposition Method. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
spellingShingle TP1-1185 Chemical technology
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Characterisation And Performance Of Sno2 Film For Detection Of Volatile Organic Compounds Synthesised By Chemical Vapour Deposition Method
title Characterisation And Performance Of Sno2 Film For Detection Of Volatile Organic Compounds Synthesised By Chemical Vapour Deposition Method
title_full Characterisation And Performance Of Sno2 Film For Detection Of Volatile Organic Compounds Synthesised By Chemical Vapour Deposition Method
title_fullStr Characterisation And Performance Of Sno2 Film For Detection Of Volatile Organic Compounds Synthesised By Chemical Vapour Deposition Method
title_full_unstemmed Characterisation And Performance Of Sno2 Film For Detection Of Volatile Organic Compounds Synthesised By Chemical Vapour Deposition Method
title_short Characterisation And Performance Of Sno2 Film For Detection Of Volatile Organic Compounds Synthesised By Chemical Vapour Deposition Method
title_sort characterisation and performance of sno2 film for detection of volatile organic compounds synthesised by chemical vapour deposition method
topic TP1-1185 Chemical technology
url http://eprints.usm.my/43432/1/Tan%20Xian-Ju24.pdf
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