Unveiling the role of surfactant SDS concentration in controlling the physical, electrochemical and LPG gas sensing characteristics of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles
摘要
The pure and sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS)-assisted CoFe2O4 nanoparticles were prepared by hydrothermal method at the optimized reaction temperature of 110 °C. The XRD pattern revealed the cubic spinel structure and crystallite size decreased with the addition of surfactant. FTIR spectra confirmed the metal oxide bands in tetrahedral and octahedral sites. UV-DRS spectra exhibited an increase in bandgap with the addition of surfactant. The FESEM analysis also confirmed that the prepared samples had a cubic-like structure. From magnetic study, a soft ferromagnetic behaviour was observed at ambient temperature for the SDS-assisted CoFe2O4 nanoparticles. Noteworthy, the CV analysis revealed the pseudocapacitive behaviour for pure and SDS-assisted CoFe2O4 samples, emphasizing their potential for diverse electrochemical applications. At room temperature, LPG exhibited a notably high selective response, with a reading of 103 s for a concentration of 6 ppm, surpassing the responses of other gases tested.