Abstract

Nanostructured Zincoxide thin-film is widely used as a sensing material because of its tunable surface microstructure and wide optical bandgap but synthesizing a film with desired value of resistance and reproducibility of film is challenging, particularly by chemical method. In this work, we showed how a ZnO film of arbitrary resistance can be used as a sensor without application of heat using operational amplifier. Zinc oxide thin film was synthesized by using the Sol-gel method (Spin coating) and was characterized by XRD and SEM which revealed wurtzite polycrystalline nature of Zinc oxide film with average grain size 17–25 nm. In this report, we designed a noble electronic circuit capable of detecting analyte gas molecule even if very small change in film resistance occurs due to the influence of gas molecule. In recently available sensors, the quality of the film degrades over time due to repeated heating and cooling, resulting in a reduced lifetime for the sensor. To address this issue and achieve higher sensitivity, as well as to fabricate an affordable, portable, precise, energy-efficient and durable device, this electronic model offers advantages over classical temperature-dependent sensors.

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