Highly improved hydration level sensing properties of copper oxide films with sodium and potassium doping

Bünyamin Sahin*, Tolga Kaya

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Abstract

In this study, un-doped, Na-doped, and K-doped nanostructured CuO films were successfully synthesized by the successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) technique and then characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and current-voltage (I-V) measurements. Structural properties of the CuO films were affected from doping. The XRD pattern indicates the formation of polycrystalline CuO films with no secondary phases. Furthermore, doping affected the crystal structure of the samples. The optimum conductivity values for both Na and K were obtained at 4 M% doping concentrations. The comparative hydration level sensing properties of the un-doped, Na-doped, and K-doped CuO nanoparticles were also investigated. A significant enhancement in hydration level sensing properties was observed for both 4 M% Na and K-doped CuO films for all concentration levels. Detailed discussions were reported in the study regarding atomic radii, crystalline structure, and conductivity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)532-537
Number of pages6
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume362
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jan 2016
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

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Funding

Partial funding was provided by the National Science Foundation (# EEC-1201095 ) and The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK Grant # 2219 ). Dr. Axel Mellinger provided experimental guidance on IV measurements. Tommaso Costanzo and Dr. Gabriel Caruntu helped with XRD measurements. Partial funding was provided by the National Science Foundation (#EEC-1201095) and The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK Grant #2219). Dr. Axel Mellinger provided experimental guidance on IV measurements. Tommaso Costanzo and Dr. Gabriel Caruntu helped with XRD measurements.

FundersFunder number
TUBITAK2219
National Science FoundationEEC-1201095
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu
National Science Foundation-1201095

    Keywords

    • Artificial sweat
    • Biosensor
    • CuO
    • Hydration

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