Preparation of CuxCe$_{0.3-X}$Ni$_{0.7}$Fe$_2$O$_4$ ferrite nanoparticles as a nitrogen dioxide gas sensor

TL;DR

This study synthesizes CuxCe$_{0.3-X}$Ni$_{0.7}$Fe$_2$O$_4$ ferrite nanoparticles via auto combustion, characterizes their structure and purity, and demonstrates their high sensitivity as nitrogen dioxide gas sensors.

Contribution

It introduces a novel ferrite nanocomposite with tunable composition and confirms its effectiveness as a NO$_2$ gas sensor using comprehensive characterization.

Findings

The compound has a face-centered cubic structure.

Lattice constants vary with copper and cerium doping levels.

The ferrite shows high sensitivity to NO$_2$ gas.

Abstract

In this work, the ferrite nanocomposite CuxCe$_{0.3-X}$Ni$_{0.7}$Fe$_2$O$_4$ is prepared (where: x = 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2, 0.25) was prepared using the auto combustion technique (sol-gel), and citric acid was utilized as the fuel for Auto combustion. The results of X-ray diffraction (XRD), emitting field scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), and energy dispersive X-ray analyzer (EDX) tests revealed that the prepared compound has a face-centered cubic structure (FCC) polycrystalline, and the lattice constant increases with an increase in the percentage of doping for the copper ion, and decreases for the cerium ion and that the compound is porous, and its molecules are spherical, and there are no additional elements present other than those used in the synthesis of the compound, indicating that it is of high purity, and the combination has a high sensitivity to Nitrogen dioxide (NO$_2$) gas, as determined by the gas detecting equipment.