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The determination is tense to finalize the suitable materials that to detect more response for nitrogen oxides i.e., Pd\/rGO layer shows better performance when compared with other active layers for the sensing of nitrogen oxides is in proportion to the power in the range of 0.6\u20134.8\u00a0W at (1\u20138) Voltage range. 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