Ahmad, Aminudin and Rumaisya, Az-zahra and Selly, Feranie and Lilik, Hasanah and Siti Kudnie, Sahari and Endi, Suhendi (2025) Optimizing ethanol gas sensor with rGO layer addition on LaFeO3–Pd doped material using density functional theory. Kuwait Journal of Science, 52 (3). pp. 1-6. ISSN 2307-4108
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Abstract
LaFeO3 is widely applied in ethanol gas sensors due to material composition and the stability of its sensing parameters. However, LaFeO3 is still limited in gas sensing properties, necessitating doping to enhance the performance of gas sensors like palladium (Pd). In this study, the optimization of the ethanol gas sensor was explored by adding reduced graphene oxide (rGO) to Pd–LaFeO3, focusing on adsorption energy and band gap energy using density functional theory (DFT) with the generalized gradient approximation (GGA-PBEsol) simulation method. The results show that Pd–LaFeO3 adsorption energy of − 2.01 eV, which increases to − 2.29 eV with the addition of rGO, indicates stronger ethanol adsorption. The band gap of Pd–LaFeO3 was 2.34 eV before exposure to ethanol gas and decreased to 2.06 eV upon exposure. After incorporating rGO, the band gap further narrowed, from 0.11 eV before exposure to 0.05 eV after exposure. The narrowing of the energy band potentially enhances the sensor’s response. Those results indicate that adding rGO to Pd–LaFeO3 shows promising potential for ethanol gas sensor applications.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Gas sensors, LaFeO3, Pd, rGO, Adsorption energy, Band gap. |
Subjects: | T Technology > T Technology (General) |
Divisions: | Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Engineering Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Engineering |
Depositing User: | Sahari |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2025 00:46 |
Last Modified: | 14 Jul 2025 00:46 |
URI: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/48753 |
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