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Structural and Optical Properties of WO3 and its Gas Sensing Application
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/46048 Structural and Optical Properties of WO3 and its Gas Sensing Application Kunert, Herbert W. Govender, Malcolm UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2014. The development of sensitive, selective, stable and suitable gas sensors for monitoring toxic gases in mineshafts and the environment in general, requires the basic understanding of the active sensing material. This dissertation focuses on the conductometric-type sensor which uses semiconducting metal oxides as the active sensing material. In particular, the focus was on tungsten trioxide semiconducting metal oxide, which amongst its “smart-material” capabilities, is known to exhibit several temperature-dependent phases viz. triclinic, monoclinic, orthorhombic and tetragonal WO3. The phases influence the physical properties, which in turn influence the sensing capabilities towards certain toxic gases. To better understand the phase transitions and structural changes in this compound, these properties were investigated in light of the Landau-Lifshitz-Lyubarskii theory for second-order phase transitions. These structural changes are observed experimentally by Raman spectroscopy, and so the Raman-active modes for the corresponding Raman spectra of each phase are derived here. Reactive-sputtering with subsequent annealing was used here to synthesize triclinic-phase WO3 film, and the film was characterized structurally, optically and electrically. The film was used to show the sensing of parts per million concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and ammonia at 30oC and 100oC, as well as the sensing of these gases simultaneously to show that pure triclinic WO3 has better selectivity to NO2. To speed up the recovery time of the film after exposure to the target gas, light was shone onto the film to remove any residual species on the surface. This dissertation is one of the first steps into an attempt to investigate the phases of WO3 for the application of gas sensing. tm2015 Physics PhD Unrestricted 2015-07-02T11:06:41Z 2015-07-02T11:06:41Z 2015/04/16 2014 Thesis Govender, M 2014, Structural and Optical Properties of WO3 and its Gas Sensing Application, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46048> A2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46048 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Structural and Optical Properties of WO3 and its Gas Sensing Application |
| title | Structural and Optical Properties of WO3 and its Gas Sensing Application |
| title_full | Structural and Optical Properties of WO3 and its Gas Sensing Application |
| title_fullStr | Structural and Optical Properties of WO3 and its Gas Sensing Application |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural and Optical Properties of WO3 and its Gas Sensing Application |
| title_short | Structural and Optical Properties of WO3 and its Gas Sensing Application |
| title_sort | structural and optical properties of wo3 and its gas sensing application |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46048 |