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Facile Synthesis of Silver-Doped Zinc Oxide Nanostructures as Efficient Scaffolds for Detection of p-Nitrophenol
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Thakur, Deepika Sharma, Anshu Rana, Dharmender Thakur, Nagesh Singh, Dilbag Tamulevicius, Tomas Andrulevicius, Mindaugas Tamulevicius, Sigitas Shukla, Sudheesh Thakur, Sourbh |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | In this paper, silver-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles were synthesized by using a solution combustion technique, in which zinc nitrate is used as an oxidizer and tartaric acid as a fuel. The phase composition, morphology and structural properties of the as-synthesized zinc oxide and silver-doped zinc oxide were established by using powdered X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies. Due to well-defined morphologies and crystallinity, the pure zinc oxide and silver-doped zinc oxide nanostructures can be used as efficient chemical sensors for the detection of p-nitrophenol (PNP). ZnO was found to show a low value of the limit of detection (LOD), i.e., 2.175 µM/L, for p-nitrophenol sensing; moreover, a sharp decrease in the limit of detection was observed with an increase in the concentration of silver ions, and the LOD value decreased to 0.669 µM/L for 10 mol % silver-doped zinc oxide. It is therefore concluded that Ag-doped ZnO shows a lower limit of detection as compared to pure ZnO for p-nitrophenol sensing. |
| Starting Page | 108 |
| e-ISSN | 22279040 |
| DOI | 10.3390/chemosensors8040108 |
| Journal | Chemosensors |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 8 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2020-11-03 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Chemosensors Ag-doped Zno Solution Combustion Luminescence P-nitrophenol Sensing |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
