Effect of 130 MeV Au ion irradiation on CO2 gas sensing properties of In2Te3 thin films》.pdfVIP

Sensors and Actuators B 177 (2013) 8–13 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical j o u rn a l h o me p a g e : w w w. elsev /locate/snb Effect of 130 MeV Au ion irradiation on CO2 gas sensing properties of In2Te3 thin films P. Matheswaran a , R. Sathyamoorthy a,∗ , K. Asokan b a PG and Research Department of Physics, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore 641029, Tamil Nadu, India b Materials Science Division, Inter University Accelerator Centre, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: CO and CO2 are harmful pollutants. The main objective of monitoring CO and CO2 is to prevent intoxica- Received 9 July 2012 tion. Though these pollutants were monitored by metal oxide gas sensors, it operated at high temperature. Received in revised form 24 October 2012 Selectivity of metal oxides over a wide range of gas is limited. Additional contribution of sensor heaters Accepted 26 October 2012 and its associated electronics may induce poor stability of a sensor. In addition to that room temperature Available online 3 November 2012 gas sensor is always essential to monitor the CO2 pollutant. In the present work, we have prepared In2Te3 thin films from In/Te bilayer by SHI (Au 130 MeV) irradiation. Structural, surface morphology, elemental Keywords: composition and gas sensing behavior of the as grown and irradiated sa