Zinc Oxide Nanostructured Material for Sensor Application

In the present project work, efforts have been made to synthesize non noble metal oxide based nanostructures (ZnO) through hydrothermal method using green chemical plant extract as a reducing agent. The synthesized metal oxide was characterized using various spectroscopic techniques like UV- Vis, FTIR, XRD, and also electrochemical techniques. Further, the well characterized nanoparticles have been used in the fabrication of thin film electrode on the surface of rigid glassy carbon electrode through simple drop casting method. Finally, the developed sensor electrode was used in the electrochemical sensing of Dopamine as a model system at trace concentration level.

Keywords: ZnO nanostructured material, sensor, XRD.