Open AccessSynthesis and Characterization of g-C3N4/ZnO Nanocomposites for Gas Sensing Application
Author(s) -
C.S Yethukrishnan,
Govind A. Vangari,
D. Simon Patrick,
M. Krishna Mohan
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1219/1/012034
Subject(s) - nanocomposite , hydrothermal circulation , materials science , combustion , sulfur , atmosphere (unit) , characterization (materials science) , sulfur dioxide , fossil fuel , chemical engineering , hydrothermal synthesis , pollution , nanotechnology , environmental chemistry , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , metallurgy , organic chemistry , physics , ecology , biology , engineering , thermodynamics
Air pollution is one of the prevailing issues in our atmosphere, which greatly affects humans and causes dangerous diseases. Toxic and green gases (NO 2 , CO 2 , NO x , H 2 S, CO, Sulphur dioxide, and CH 4 ) are present in the ambient atmosphere arising from different industries, vehicles, and fossil fuel combustion. g-C 3 N 4 /ZnO nanocomposites were prepared via a facile hydrothermal method. The synthesized g-C3N4/ZnO samples were analyzed using FE-SEM for morphological analysis and structural parameters are confirmed by XRD. Further investigation is done on sensing films for toxic gases by varying temperature, resistance change, and gas type.