Development of Li-doped cubic P mesoporous silica MCM-48 as a novel humidity sensor

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1 Research Laboratory of Nanoporous Materials, Faculty of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, P.O. Box 16846-13114, Iran.

2 Research Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Research Center of Iran, Tehran, P.O. Box 14335-186, Iran.

Abstract

LiCl-doped mesoporous silica MCM-48 with cubic mesostructure, using a di erent doping concentration of LiCl, has been prepared. The LiCl-MCM-48 type materials were characterized employing XRD, FT-IR, SEM, and nitrogen adsorptiondesorption isotherm. We had the humidity sensors on a ceramic substrate with two Ag-Pd interdigital electrodes with ve ngers. The sample with 15 wt% LiCl-doped MCM-48 shows an excellent linearity in the whole humidity range of 11%-97%. It has very good response and recovery time, about 22 and 30 sec, respectively.

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Scientia Iranica
Volume 23, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
Transactions on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (C)
June 2016
Pages 1073-1079

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