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Improving methane gas sensing properties of multi-walled carbonnanotubes by vanadium oxide filling

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dc.contributor.author Chimowa, George
dc.contributor.author Tshabalala, Zamaswazi P
dc.contributor.author Akande, Amos A
dc.contributor.author Bepete, G
dc.contributor.author Mwakikunga, Bonex W
dc.contributor.author Ray, Suprakas S
dc.contributor.author Benechada, EM
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-06T10:22:20Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-06T10:22:20Z
dc.date.issued 2017-08
dc.identifier.citation Chimowa, G., Tshabalala, Z.P., Akande, A.A., Bepete, G., Mwakikunga, B.W., Ray, S.S. and Benechada, E.M. 2017. Improving methane gas sensing properties of multi-walled carbonnanotubes by vanadium oxide filling. Sensor and Actuators B: Chemical, vol 247, pp 11-18 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0925-4005
dc.identifier.uri https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925400517303945
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10167
dc.description Copyright: 2017 Elsevier. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website. The definitive version of the work is published in Sensor and Actuators B: Chemical, vol 247, pp 11-18 en_US
dc.description.abstract Manipulation of electrical properties and hence gas sensing properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) by filling the inner wall with vanadium oxide is presented. Using a simple capillary technique, MWNTs are filled with vanadium metal which is later oxidized. It is observed that the methane gas detection response time at room temperature (293 K), is significantly improved from 138 s (in vanadium pentoxide) to 16 s (in filled MWNTs) while the recovery times changes from 234 s to 120 s respectively. The response sensitivity of the unfilled CNTs is improved from 0.5% to 1.5% due to the metal oxide filling. Using theoretical Density Functional Theory (DFT) electronic structure calculations, we show that the enhanced response is due to the increased density of states around the Fermi level of the composite material as a result of the encapsulated metal oxide. And we propose an adsorption mechanism at three different sites of the MWNTs surface based on the Langmuir model. This work also highlights the influence of ambient oxygen in carbon nanotube based sensors, an aspect that has not been clearly addressed in many previous theoretical and experimental studies. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Elsevier en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Workflow;20176
dc.subject Carbon nanotubes en_US
dc.subject Gas sensing en_US
dc.subject Vanadium oxide en_US
dc.title Improving methane gas sensing properties of multi-walled carbonnanotubes by vanadium oxide filling en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Chimowa, G., Tshabalala, Z. P., Akande, A. A., Bepete, G., Mwakikunga, B. W., Ray, S. S., & Benechada, E. (2017). Improving methane gas sensing properties of multi-walled carbonnanotubes by vanadium oxide filling. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10167 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Chimowa, George, Zamaswazi P Tshabalala, Amos A Akande, G Bepete, Bonex W Mwakikunga, Suprakas S Ray, and EM Benechada "Improving methane gas sensing properties of multi-walled carbonnanotubes by vanadium oxide filling." (2017) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10167 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Chimowa G, Tshabalala ZP, Akande AA, Bepete G, Mwakikunga BW, Ray SS, et al. Improving methane gas sensing properties of multi-walled carbonnanotubes by vanadium oxide filling. 2017; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10167. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Article AU - Chimowa, George AU - Tshabalala, Zamaswazi P AU - Akande, Amos A AU - Bepete, G AU - Mwakikunga, Bonex W AU - Ray, Suprakas S AU - Benechada, EM AB - Manipulation of electrical properties and hence gas sensing properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) by filling the inner wall with vanadium oxide is presented. Using a simple capillary technique, MWNTs are filled with vanadium metal which is later oxidized. It is observed that the methane gas detection response time at room temperature (293 K), is significantly improved from 138 s (in vanadium pentoxide) to 16 s (in filled MWNTs) while the recovery times changes from 234 s to 120 s respectively. The response sensitivity of the unfilled CNTs is improved from 0.5% to 1.5% due to the metal oxide filling. Using theoretical Density Functional Theory (DFT) electronic structure calculations, we show that the enhanced response is due to the increased density of states around the Fermi level of the composite material as a result of the encapsulated metal oxide. And we propose an adsorption mechanism at three different sites of the MWNTs surface based on the Langmuir model. This work also highlights the influence of ambient oxygen in carbon nanotube based sensors, an aspect that has not been clearly addressed in many previous theoretical and experimental studies. DA - 2017-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Carbon nanotubes KW - Gas sensing KW - Vanadium oxide LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 0925-4005 T1 - Improving methane gas sensing properties of multi-walled carbonnanotubes by vanadium oxide filling TI - Improving methane gas sensing properties of multi-walled carbonnanotubes by vanadium oxide filling UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10167 ER - en_ZA


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