ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2020
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IF 8.758
Bala Ismail Adamu,Attia Falak,Yi Tian,Xinghua Tan,Xiangmin Meng,Peipei Chen,Hanfu Wang,Weiguo Chu
High sensitivity, low limit of detection (LOD), and short response and recovery times at room temperature (RT) are critical for gas sensors. For NO2, different binary metal oxide-based sensors were developed to achieve superior performance at elevated temperatures instead of RT. Herein, we report on CuO@CuO and Cu3Mo2O9@CuO sensors with CuO and Cu3Mo2O9 micro/nanorods vertically aligned on the CuO layers, which were directly fabricated using a facile, low-cost, and catalyst-free chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique. Their sensing performance tests revealed that the Cu3Mo2O9@CuO p–p heterojunction sensors exhibited a high response of 160% to 5 ppm NO2, an excellent sensitivity of 50% ppm–1, a low LOD of 2.30 ppb, a short response time of 49 s, and a rapid recovery of 241 s at RT, obviously better than those for CuO@CuO sensors. The superior performance of Cu3Mo2O9@CuO sensors could be attributed to the Schottky heterojunction formed between p-Cu3Mo2O9 micro/nanorods and p-CuO films, the catalytic effect, and the anisotropic nature of Cu3Mo2O9 micro/nanorods. This study not only provides a simple, low-cost, and batchable fabrication method of homo/heterojunction sensors with micro/nanorods vertically aligned on films but also opens an avenue for sensor design by tuning the Schottky barrier height to enhance RT performance.
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Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
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2021
·Vol. 8
·期 23
·5006-5015
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IF 6.569
Ruozhen Wu,Juanyuan Hao,Tingting Wang,Shengliang Zheng,You Wang
The two-dimensional layered metal dichalcogenides (LMDs) SnS2 is an interesting candidate for high-performance NO2 gas sensors. However, most SnS2-based NO2 sensors are usually inert for detecting ppb-level NO2 at room temperature (RT) because of the intrinsic features of a large bandgap, poor conductivity, and lack of active sites. Herein, we successfully endowed SnS2 with ppb-level NO2 detection at RT by using a carbon (C)-doping strategy. Compared to the pristine SnS2 showing a negligible response toward NO2 at RT, the C-doped SnS2 exhibited an excellent response (481.3% for 1 ppm and 146.5% for 100 ppb) with full recovery. The sensitivity toward ppb-level NO2 was as high as 1200% ppm−1. Moreover, the experimental and theoretical limit of detection (LOD) were down to 10 ppb and 0.3 ppb, respectively. Such impressive gas-sensing performance of C-doped SnS2 at RT was due to the doping-mediated synergistic effect of energy-band modification and the presence of an S vacancy. The results provide a real solution for developing high-performance LMDs-based gas sensors.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2022
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IF 6.371
Zhen Lu,Chengming Lou,Anqi Cheng,Jun Zhang,Jiankun Sun
Nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), as a common air contaminant, can cause human asthma and other respiratory diseases under a ppm-level atmosphere. Currently, most metal oxide semiconductors sensors usually work at a high temperature, which hinders its practical application. Therefore, to develop an efficient sensor with good stability and sensitivity is urgent for NO 2 detection at room temperature. Herein, we report a FA 0.83 Cs 0.17 PbI 3 (FACs)-based perovskite sensor via a simple one-step spin-coating method under ambient atmosphere. The FACs-based sensor exhibits a sensitive response to NO 2 gas, low detection limit of 0.14 ppm and good reversibility as well as selectivity. The response/recovery time for the detection of 10 ppm NO 2 is only 2/22 s, which surpasses the vast majority of sensors. Moreover, the FACs-based sensor also displays excellent stability. No morphological and structural changes occur, when FACs film is successively placed in a high-humidity air (50–60 %) without any encapsulations for three consecutive days. Benefitting from the superior response and stability, the FACs-based sensor in this work may open up a new avenue for high-performance sensor for the practical detection of NO 2 at room temperature.
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2025
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Ruitian Yan,Wenjie Zhao,Xiaoyang Duan,Taolin Yu,Weiping Cui,Weidong Quan,Yinsheng Chen,Dan Xu
Recently, MoSe 2 has exhibited limited development in the field of gas sensors owing to its low sensitivity and slow response/recovery. Herein, various noble metals (Pt, Pd, and Ag) were employed to dope the MoSe 2 nanoflower for enhancing its sensing capability to NO 2 . Compared to Ag and Pd modification, the Pt doped-MoSe 2 sensor displayed higher sensitivity, faster response rate, and better selectivity. Moreover, the 2.5 %Pt-MoSe 2 sensor had a large sensitivity of 2.45 to 32 ppm NO 2 , good repeatability, and a low detection limit of 0.1 ppm at 110 °C. The improvement in the gas-sensing response can be attributed to the spillover effect and catalytic sensitization of Pt. Moreover, the first principle calculations for the adsorption energy and density of states have confirmed that the MoSe 2 material can adsorb NO 2 more effectively by Pt doping. The Pt-decorated MoSe 2 material exhibits a promising prospect in the field of NO 2 gas detection.
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SENSORS
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2021
·Vol. 21
·期 24
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IF 3.576
Kai Sun,Guanghui Zhan,Hande Chen,Shiwei Lin
CeO2/ZnO-heterojunction-nanorod-array-based chemiresistive sensors were studied for their low-operating-temperature and gas-detecting characteristics. Arrays of CeO2/ZnO heterojunction nanorods were synthesized using anodic electrodeposition coating followed by hydrothermal treatment. The sensor based on this CeO2/ZnO heterojunction demonstrated a much higher sensitivity to NO2at a low operating temperature (120 °C) than the pure-ZnO-based sensor. Moreover, even at room temperature (RT, 25 °C) the CeO2/ZnO-heterojunction-based sensor responds linearly and rapidly to NO2. This sensor’s reaction to interfering gases was substantially less than that of NO2, suggesting exceptional selectivity. Experimental results revealed that the enhanced gas-sensing performance at the low operating temperature of the CeO2/ZnO heterojunction due to the built-in field formed after the construction of heterojunctions provides additional carriers for ZnO. Thanks to more carriers in the ZnO conduction band, more oxygen and target gases can be adsorbed. This explains the enhanced gas sensitivity of the CeO2/ZnO heterojunction at low operating temperatures.Keywords:gas sensor;NO2detection;heterojunction;low operating temperature;CeO2
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2021
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IF 9.229
Wei Liu,Ding Gu,Xiaogan Li
A novel chemiresistive-type sensor for detecting sub-ppm NO2 has been fabricated using AuPt bimetal-decorated SnSe2 microflowers, which was synthesized by the hydrothermal treatment followed by in situ chemical reduction of the bimetal precursors on the surface of the petals of the microflowers. The as-prepared sensor registers a superior performance in detection of sub-ppm concentration of NO2. Functionalized by the AuPt bimetal, the SnSe2 microflower-based sensor shows a response of approximately 4.62 to 8 ppm NO2 at 130 °C. It is significantly higher than those of the sensors using the pristine SnSe2 (∼2.29) and the modified SnSe2 samples by a single metal, either Au (∼3.03) or Pt (∼3.97). The sensor demonstrates excellent long-term stability, signal repeatability, and selectivity to some typical interfering gaseous species including ammonia, acetone, formaldehyde, ethanol, methanol, benzene, CO2, SO2, and CO. The remarkable improvement of the sensitive characteristics could be induced by the electronic and chemical sensitization and the synergistic effect of the AuPt bimetal. Density functional theory (DFT) is implemented to calculate the adsorption states of NO2 on the sensing materials and thus to possibly reveal the sensing mechanism. The significantly enhanced response of the SnSe2-based sensor decorated with AuPt bimetallic nanoparticles has been found to be possibly caused by the orbital hybridization of O, Au, and Pt atoms leading to the redistribution of electrons, which is beneficial for NO2 molecules to obtain more electrons from the composite material.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2023
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Haineng Bai,Cheng Feng,Hui Guo,Xiaoli Li,Weifeng Liu,Yamin Feng,Kuili Liu,Dunjun Chen,Youdou Zheng,Fuqiang Guo
Monitoring and reducing NO 2 pollution at room temperature is indispensable for human survival. Thus, we propose a light-activated route (UV light, 100 mW/cm 2 ) to realize a high-performance NO 2 detection based on CuO/rGO gas sensor. The CuO/rGO sensor under UV light illumination exhibits a high response of 22.18–100 ppm NO 2 at 23 ℃, which is approximately 1.36 times of the CuO/rGO sensor and 2.31 times of the CuO sensor under dark, respectively. Meanwhile, under UV light illumination, the CuO/rGO sensor has a fast response/recovery speed of 10.9/30.9 s to 20 ppm NO 2 at 23 ℃, which is obviously better than that under dark. Moreover, the light-activated CuO/rGO sensor has excellent repeatability, selectivity, ultra-low detection limit (50 ppb) and long-term stability. The significantly appealing gas-sensing performance of CuO/rGO sensor is mainly ascribed to the mesoporous structure, high specific surface area and plentiful oxygen vacancy of CuO/rGO nanocomposites . More attractively, the photo-generated carriers and formed heterojunction also greatly improve the carrier migration in the context of the NO 2 /CuO/rGO interaction, enhancing the gas-sensing performance of gas sensor. Our work will provide insight in utilizing light illumination to realize ultrasensitive and room-temperature detection of ppb-level NO 2 gas.
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Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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2023
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Yong Yang,Shenman Yao,Wufei Gong,Yan Liang,Ting Yu,Cailei Yuan
Light excitation has been developed as an economical way to realize room-temperature gas sensing recently. However, the high recombination rate of photogenerated carriers in semiconductor gas sensing materials leads to very limited carriers that can effectively take part in sensing reactions, which greatly restricts the further performance improvement of gas sensing under light excitation. Here, a hierarchical Z-scheme heterostructure microsphere of MoS2/SnO2 is designed and prepared. The heterostructure demonstrates an outstanding NO2 sensing performance at room temperature with the excitation of a low-power LED light (0.06 W), which exhibits an ultrahigh sensitivity of 264.2 to 10 ppm of NO2 along with acceptable response/recovery properties. The physical mechanism of NO2 sensing is analyzed. The results suggest that the construction of the Z-scheme heterostructure between MoS2 and SnO2 can greatly promote the separation of photogenerated carriers so that more photogenerated carriers can take part in the NO2 sensing reaction. Furthermore, the designing of a hierarchically porous structure can provide abundant active sites for gas sensing reactions. The work not only expands the development of Z-scheme heterostructures in gas sensing but also provides a strategy to promote the performance of light-excited gas sensors by designing a Z-scheme heterostructure with a hierarchically porous structure.
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JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY
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2025
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Xueying Sun,Lina Xie,Wenlong Huo,Kaifeng Lin,Yulin Yang,Xuhui Chi,Chengyuan Zhao,Fengtao Zhang,Junzhuo Li,Debin Xia,Jian Zhang
In this study, an organic molecular probe containing an imine (C=N) linkage was synthesized and embedded in a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)/polyethylene glycol (PEG) matrix to fabricate a porous optical film for NO 2 gas detection via solid-state UV spectroscopy. Upon exposure to NO 2 , the film exhibited significant spectral changes, with a detection limit as low as 26.45 ppm. Mechanistic investigations revealed that NO 2 induced non-covalent interactions with the probe, triggering structural reorganization and enhanced π-conjugation. Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations further supported these findings by confirming changes in electronic structure and energy levels. Additionally, preliminary tests demonstrated the feasibility of applying this probe film for aging detection of NEPE propellants, offering a promising non-destructive approach for monitoring propellant health.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2023
·Vol. 11
·期 42
·22859-22867
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IF 11.9
Jinhong Yang,Haoran Peng,Chong Lin,Qingjiang Pan,Lixue Qi,Li Li,Keying Shi
To overcome the drawbacks of low sensitivity and limited selectivity exhibited by metal oxide sensitive materials, a metal–organic framework (MOF) derived composite (marked as UZZ) was constructed via a combined wet chemical method. UiO-66 was used as the precursor with the introduction of ZnO. The ZrO2 component in UZZ retains the unique octahedral configuration of UiO-66; on its folded surface, a large number of ZnO particles grow, whose sizes range from 20 to 40 nm. The composite exhibits excellent gas sensitivity to NO2 at room temperature. Exemplarily, the gas sensitive response to 100 ppm NO2 is 40.35, with a response time of 1.4 s and a detection limit as low as the 50 ppb level, and the stability is up to 8 weeks. The presence of numerous oxygen vacancies and n–n type heterojunctions on the surface of the UZZ composite synergistically enhances the gas-sensing performance. This finding provides a significant reference for developing new efficient and high-sensitivity metal oxide sensitive materials based on MOFs.
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2024
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Hang Liu,Junlong Liu,Yanchang Liu,Zhihao Qu,Siye Tian,Yuhong Zhang
In this work, the ZnO microsphere is prepared by hydrothermal method and modified with different concentrations of Eu. The morphology of ZnO:Eu sample shows flower-like microspheres with many nanosheets. The gas performance of ZnO:Eu microsphere is investigated for detecting NO 2 . Compared with pure ZnO, the response of ZnO:2 % Eu sensor is increased by 8 times, and the optimal operating temperature of that is decreased to 130 °C. Especially, the gas sensing properties of ZnO:2 % Eu sensor is enhanced under UV excitation. The recovery time of ZnO:Eu sensor is reduced by 1200 s, and the response is increased by 3.6 times under UV excitation. The above results show an increase in sensor response due to doping Eu and UV excitation. At last, the possible gas mechanism of ZnO:Eu is discussed with and without UV excitation. This finding provides important guidance for UV-assisted sensors to enhance NO 2 response.
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MATERIALS LETTERS
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2021
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IF 3.423
Jing Sun,Wei Xiong,Jiawei Zhang,Yong Zhang,Bin Xie
The power consumption of the chemical resistive gas sensor should be considered when its performance is developed. One of the most effective methods for reducing the power consumption is to make the gas sensor work at room temperature. A tin disulfide (SnS 2 ) nanoparticle-based gas sensor with high sensitivity and fast recovery is proposed in this paper for detecting the nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ). The experimental results show that the SnS 2 nanoparticle-based gas sensor has excellent gas sensing performance at room temperature, including high sensitivity, rapid response/recovery speed (28 s/1 s), high selectivity and good repeatability and reversibility. The main reason for the excellent performance of the SnS 2 nanoparticle-based gas sensor is mainly attributed to the unique physical affinity and favorable electronic band positions of the SnS 2 material, which promotes the physisorption and charge transfer of NO 2 gas molecules. It is expected that this work can provide guidance for the real-time rapid detection of NO 2 at room temperature.
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