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Hydrogen Sensing Properties Of Pd Loaded Tio$_2$ Nanorods, Serkan Büyükköse

Turkish Journal of Physics

The hydrogen sensing performance of palladium (Pd) catalyst loaded TiO$_2$ nanorods based sensors were investigated. TiO$_2$ nanorods were grown on Al$_2$O$_3$ substrate by a facile hydrothermal process. TiO$_2$ nanorods (NRs) were functionalized with Pd metal by RF magnetron sputtering. Samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques for structural and morphological analysis. Sensor measurements toward H$_2$ and some volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as acetone, ethanol, xylene and toluene were performed by varying gas concentrations at different temperatures. The sensors were found to exhibit excellent sensitivities towards different hydrogen concentrations ranging from 25 to 1000 …