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Abstract

Considering metal oxide nanoparticles as important technological materials, authors provide a comprehensive review of researches on metal oxide nanoparticles, their synthetic strategies, and techniques, nanoscale physicochemical properties, defining specific industrial applications in the various fields of applied nanotechnology. This work expansively reviews the recent developments of semiconducting metal oxide gas sensors for environmental gases including CO2, O2, O3, and NH3; highly toxic gases including CO, H2S, and NO2; combustible gases such as CH4, H2, and liquefied petroleum gas; and volatile organic compounds gases. The gas sensing properties of different metal oxides nanoparticles towards specific target gases have been individually discussed. Promising metal oxide nanoparticles for sensitive and selective detection of each gas have been identified. This review also categorizes metal oxides sensors by analyte gas and also summarizes the major techniques and synthesis strategies used in nanotechnology. Additionally, strategies, sensing mechanisms and related applications of semiconducting metal oxide materials are also discussed in detail. Related applications are innumerable trace to ultratrace-level gas sensors, batteries, magnetic storage media, various types of solar cells, metal oxide nanoparticles applications in catalysis, energy conversion, and antennas (including microstrip and patch-type optically transparent antennas), rectifiers, optoelectronic, and electronics.

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Title
Metal oxide nanoparticles and their applications in nanotechnology
Author
Chavali, Murthy S. 1 ; Nikolova, Maria P. 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Nagaram and MCETRC, Shree Velagapudi Ramakrishna Memorial College (SVRMC-PG Studies), NAAC ‘A’ Grade and ISO 9001:2015 Certified, (Autonomous), Tenali, Guntur District, India 
 University of Ruse “A. Kanchev”, Department of Material Science and Technology, Ruse, Bulgaria (GRID:grid.6977.f) 
Pages
607
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Jun 2019
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
25233963
e-ISSN
25233971
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2788458168
Copyright
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019.