JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2025
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Linghu Meng,Yuli Zhao,Guiwu Liu,Siwei Liu,Xiangzhao Zhang,Shahid Hussain,Mingyuan Wang,Guanjun Qiao
Real-time, room-temperature nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) monitoring is crucial for protecting human health and the environment, yet conventional sensors face limitations on high-temperature operation and external power dependence. Here, we report a self-powered zinc-air battery-driven NO 2 gas sensor based on a multiple grain boundary-engineered CeO 2 (MGB-CeO 2 ) air cathode. Abundant grain boundaries in MGB-CeO 2 promote oxygen vacancy formation, providing more active sites that facilitate NO 2 adsorption and charge transfer. Compared to nanorod CeO 2 (NR-CeO 2 ) sensor, the MGB-CeO 2 sensor achieves a 3.5-fold higher response of 21.2 % to 10 ppm NO 2 , along with shorter response and recovery times. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations confirm significantly higher NO 2 adsorption energy for MGB-CeO 2 than that for NR-CeO 2 , which can be attributed to its defect-rich structure. The MGB-CeO 2 sensor presents outstanding selectivity, low practical limit of detection, and excellent long-term stability. This work provides a novel strategy for the development of self-powered gas sensors, offering valuable insights into electrochemical sensing for practical implications.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2025
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IF 7.7
Lin Chen,Xi Chen,Fei Wang,Yu Tong,Kewei Zhang,Zhengbo Han,Mingzhe Zhang
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are regarded as potential candidate materials with great application prospects in the field of gas sensing. In this study, MOF derivatives were anchored onto MXene sheets through self-assembly technology to prepare a heterojunction material ZnO/Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene with high specific surface area, achieving ultrafast dual gas sensing behavior for H 2 /NO 2 . At a low temperature of 80°C, the ZnO/ Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene heterojunction sensor exhibited an ultrafast response (23.17%) to 500 ppb H 2 within 3.2 s. After a moderate temperature increase to 180°C, it also demonstrated significant sensing performance (46.3%) to 500 ppb NO 2 within 4 s. The electronic interaction mechanism of ZnO/ Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene heterostructures in H 2 and NO 2 detection was revealed through density functional theory calculations and in-situ Raman spectroscopy, clarifying the influence of interfacial charge transfer on sensing performance. Heterogeneous structures achieve the regulation of gas adsorption-induced electron rearrangement and carrier modulation by constructing interface charge-regulating channels, significantly enhancing the response rate, selectivity and reversibility in the detection of H 2 and NO 2 , thereby enabling highly sensitive and trace detection of the two gases.
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Nano-Micro Letters
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2025
·Vol. 17
·期 1
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Zhong Yihong,Yuan Guotao,Bao Dequan,Tao Yi,Gao Zhenqiu,Zhao Wei,Li Shuo,Yang Yuting,Zhang Pingping,Zhang Hao,Sun Xuhui
The heteroatom atomically doping strategy was reported to construct highly
efficient sites on metal oxides for the detection of low-concentration gas.
The atomically dispersed Sn atoms were intentionally incorporated into the Fe 2 O 3
lattice during the oxidative annealing of Fe-based metal organic framework,
leading to specific Sn–O–Fe sites, porous structures, and abundant oxygen
vacancies.
The optimized Sn-Fe 2 O 3 exhibited exceptional sensing performance for NO 2
detection: ultra-high sensitivity ( Rg / Ra =2646.6 to 1 ppm NO 2 ), ultra-low limit of
detection (10 ppb), and high selectivity.
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ACS Applied Nano Materials
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2025
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Yanqiao Ding,Yinpei Luo,Chun Huang,Shifu Gu,Bingsheng Du,Yingchun Dong,Yijie Shi,Hangyu Liu,Mati Horprathum,Wei Hu,Yong He
Achieving highly sensitive detection of ppb-level NO2 at room temperature remains a significant challenge for metal oxide semiconductors (MOS) due to their low chemical activity. Herein, a synergistic sensitization strategy is proposed, combining highly conductive MXene with high specific surface area mixed MOS. In this work, NiO–SnO2 is synthesized by thermal annealing using Ni–Sn–BTC (BTC: benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic) as a template. The mesoporous structure and high conductivity of NiO–SnO2/Ti3C2Tx provide a variety of channels for gas diffusion and carrier transfer. Gas sensor tests reveal that the fabricated NiO–SnO2/Ti3C2Tx sensor exhibits a 4.33-fold improvement in response (Rg/Ra = 70.86 to 200 ppb) to 200 ppb of NO2 at room temperature (RT, 25 °C) compared to NiO–SnO2. In addition, the sensor also maintains a low detection limit (50 ppb), superior selectivity (response ratio >30), good repeatability (RSD: 2.3%), and long-term stability at RT and 60% RH (RH: relative humidity). The outstanding sensing properties are mainly attributed to the functionalized surfaces and multiple-type heterojunctions formed by NiO, SnO2, and Ti3C2Tx phases, which significantly improve gas adsorption and electrical transduction function of the sensor.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2023
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Kai Sun,Guanghui Zhan,Lin Zhang,Zilin Wang,Shiwei Lin
Developments of advanced sensors for NO 2 gas with high sensitivity and selectivity are essential but challenging. In this work, a Ce-doped ZnO nanoarray (termed as CZO) was successfully constructed via a one-pot hydrothermal method , and further demonstrated as a promising NO 2 chemiresistive sensing material. It proves that Ce doping not only changes the morphology of the initial ZnO nanoarray, but brings abundant oxygen vacancy in particular, as comprehensively proofed by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy , and electron spin resonance spectroscopy . Gas sensing tests at 250 °C reveal that CZO-2 (Ce wt% = 2 %) offers a 10-fold higher sensing response to NO 2 and much lower limit of detection (LOD = 1.4 ppb), compared to those of the initial ZnO nanoarray. Additionally, high selectivity for NO 2 and excellent long-term stability are also obtained in such a Ce-doped sensor. Density function theory calculation results show that ZnO modulated by oxygen vacancy has a much stronger affinity toward NO 2 than pure ZnO, thus resulting in the improved sensing performance observed in CZO-2.
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2021
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Xuezheng Guo,Yanqiao Ding,Xi Yang,Bingsheng Du,Chengjiu Zhao,Chengyao Liang,Yi Ou,Delin Kuang,Zhilin Wu,Yong He
The detection of air pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) is of great importance arising from its great harm to the ecological environment and human health. However, the detection range of most NO 2 sensors is ppm-level, and it is still challenging to achieve lower concentration (ppb-level) NO 2 detection. Herein, 2D tin diselenide nanoflakes decorated with 1D zinc oxide nanowires (SnSe 2 /ZnO) heterojunctions were first reported by facile hydrothermal and ultra-sonication methods. The response of the fabricated SnSe 2 /ZnO sensor enhances 3.41 times on average compared with that of pure SnSe 2 sensor to 50–150 ppb NO 2 with a high detection sensitivity (22.57 ppm -1 ) at room temperature. In addition, the SnSe 2 /ZnO sensor has complete recovery, negligible cross-sensitivity, and small relative standard deviation (6.98%) during the 1 month sensing test, which can meet the requirements for NO 2 detection in environmental monitoring. The enhanced NO 2 sensing performance can be attributed to the n-n heterojunction constructed between SnSe 2 and ZnO. The as-prepared sensor based on SnSe 2 /ZnO hybrid significantly promotes the development of the low detection limit of the NO 2 sensor at room temperature.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2022
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Donghui Li,Dan Han,Yi Chen,Zhihua Liu,Xiaoru Liu,Lulu Liu,Xiaomei Han,Xiuli He,Shengbo Sang
Accurate detection of NO 2 gas with low concentration and high stability is of great significance to ecological protection and human health. In this work, hollow porous GaN nanofibers were fabricated by a low-cost solvothermal method and controlled nitridation process. Systematic characterizations results demonstrate large specific surface and abundant adsorpation sites of the GaN nanofibers. Excellent NO 2 sensing performances were tested at 200 °C, including the high sensitivity of 22.9 (200 ppm), rapid response time within 11 s, high selectivity, and low detection limit (0.5 ppb). Furthermore, the anti-interference ability, cross-sensitivity characteristics, and long-term stability of the sensor in the actual working environment were also systematically investigated. The surface depletion layer model and the change of the potential barrier were used to explain the enhanced gas-sensing performance. The fabricated GaN sensor offered a promising candidate for real-time monitoring of sub-ppb-level NO 2 gas in actual environments.
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ACS Omega
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2026
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Ruifeng Wang,Huangxin Cheng,Jiangnan Li,Gengzhe Shen,Yu Li,Jingmei Lyu,Zhengjian Chen
Gel polymer electrolytes typically suffer from low ionic conductivity, limited oxidative stability, and thermal runaway. Nitrate additives can be beneficial, but they are limited by poor solubility. Herein, sandwich-structured ionic liquid gel electrolyte membranes were fabricated by incorporating a polyethylene (PE) interlayer between two poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF–HFP) layers loaded with LiTFSI and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium nitrate ([EMIm]NO2). The PFENE3 membrane prepared with 22.9 wt % [EMIm]NO2 shows optimal overall performance. Specifically, the PE scaffold provides robust mechanical strength (36.7 MPa). The incorporation of [EMIm]NO2 induces multiple synergistic effects: (i) increasing ionic conductivity to 5.03 × 10–4 S cm–1 at 25 °C by suppressing PVDF–HFP crystallinity; (ii) achieving a high Li+ ion transference number (0.449) by confining other charge carriers within the TFSI-[EMIm]+-NO2 hydrogen-bonding network; and (iii) the sacrificial decomposition of NO2 to form robust protective interphases on both the anode and cathode. Consequently, Li/PFENE3/Li symmetric cells demonstrated stable cycling for over 600 h at 0.3 mA cm–2. Furthermore, the Li/PFENE3/NCM622 full cell delivered an initial capacity of 170.9 mAh g–1 at 0.1 C and 159.3 mAh g–1 at 0.5 C, with 78% retention after 100 cycles, significantly outperforming [EMIm]NO2-free systems. These findings provide a viable strategy for developing high-performance and safe Li-metal batteries.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2026
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Yaping Tian,Ran Xu,Luqing Chen,Yuanyuan Liu,Xinming Nie,Xinyu Liu,Shoufeng Tang,Lulu Qu
Nitrogen oxides from construction machinery exhaust pose a significant threat to the environment and human health. Therefore, effective capture and highly selective detection of NO 2 is of utmost importance. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a spectroscopic technique that provides molecular fingerprint information and enables qualitative and quantitative analysis of molecules at extremely low concentrations. However, the application of SERS for gas molecules with small scattering cross sections, such as NO 2 , is still in its infancy. Based on this, a sensing device for capturing and selectively detecting NO 2 from construction machinery exhaust was developed. The device consists of a gas collection module and a Raman signal amplification module containing a 4, 4’-diaminodiphenyl disulfide (APDS) probe-modified flexible Au@PDMS chip. The Au@PDMS chip amplifies the Raman signals of molecules, while the APDS selectively and rapidly captures NO 2 . The proximal electron-rich nitrogen atom and the ortho-electron-poor aromatic hydrogen atom of the APDS probe form a stable six-membered ring complex with the N atom of NO 2 , and hydrogen bonding interactions occur between the H atom in APDS and the O atom in NO 2 . This ring complexation allows the Au@PDMS chip to capture NO 2 quickly and effectively, resulting in changes in SERS signals and facilitating quantitative analysis of NO 2 . Combined with the gas detection device, the chip can identify NO 2 within 5 min with a detection limit of 3.5 ppm. This sensor device has high selectivity for NO 2 detection in real exhaust gases and has great potential for practical detection of construction machinery exhaust gases.
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Yihui Wang,Ting Yu,Huijun Yin,Shangyi Shen,Zhenqi Yang,Bohui Wang,Xingjie Wu,Honglong Chang,Haitao Zhao
Nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), a significant atmospheric pollutant primarily emitted from combustion processes, poses substantial environmental and health risks, underscoring the critical need for accurate detection methods. Conventional SnO 2 -based sensors are typically constrained by high operating temperatures and limited sensitivity. This study overcomes these limitations by introducing a novel approach that combines noble metal modification with bandgap-matched light excitation, enabling high-performance NO 2 detection at room temperature. Au/SnO 2 composites with hierarchical nanosheet architectures were synthesized via hydrothermal and impregnation methods, as confirmed by SEM. Their sensing properties were systematically investigated under blue light excitation. Among the samples tested, the 2.5 wt% Au/SnO 2 sensor demonstrated superior performance, exhibiting a remarkable response (149.25 @ 5 ppm), a low detection limit (150 ppb), and excellent selectivity, long-term stability, and humidity tolerance at room temperature. First-principles calculations reveal that the enhanced sensor performance originates from a synergistic effect between Au nanoparticle decoration, which enhances NO 2 adsorption and charge transfer, and the additional photogenerated carriers induced by blue light excitation. This study provides novel material design insights for developing high efficiency room temperature NO 2 sensors.
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MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2026
·Vol. 193
·期 6
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Zhang Saisai,Liu Shijie,Xing Mingli,Zhang Bo,Zhang Bowen,Wang Na Luo Yan
Developing nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) gas sensors that simultaneously deliver high sensitivity, selectivity, and long‑term stability remains a considerable challenge for practical applications. In this work, nanoflower‑like PdO/NiMoO 4 /NiO composites with tunable PdO loadings were fabricated via a hydrothermal method combined with in‑situ impregnation and annealing. The constituent nanosheets measure approximately 200 nm in length and 20 nm in thickness. The optimized sensor with 0.5 wt% PdO loading achieves a response of 59.94 toward 1 ppm NO 2 at 160 °C, representing a 3.7‑fold enhancement over the unmodified NiMoO 4 /NiO sensor, along with good selectivity and long‑term stability. This performance improvement is attributed to the synergistic effects of heterojunction formation and PdO catalytic activation, which facilitate charge transfer and surface reaction kinetics. These results demonstrate the potential of the ternary composite for practical NO 2 detection. Graphical The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2026
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Guangyuan Chen,Zeru Wang,Chuan Tan,Yi Tan,Yawen Liu,Yikun Huang,Tao Duan,Lin Zhu
To address the competitive adsorption of NO 2 during gaseous iodine capture from spent fuel reprocessing off-gas, a hydrazine-functionalized aluminum-based metal-organic framework, CAU-10-N 2 H 3 , was constructed based on CAU-10. Considering the difference in kinetic diameter between I 2 and NO 2 , hydrazine functionalization was employed to synergistically regulate the pore size and pore electronic environment. After the introduction of -N 2 H 3 , the median pore size decreased from 0.6174 to 0.5186 nm, and the NO 2 uptake was reduced by 42.91%. Meanwhile, the introduced electron-rich -N 2 H 3 groups strengthened the interaction between the framework and iodine species, leading to adsorption capacities of 551.99 and 155.93 mg·g −1 for I 2 and CH 3 I, respectively, at 150 °C. Dynamic breakthrough experiments further showed that the I 2 adsorption capacity was only slightly affected by NO 2 , decreasing from 259.3 mg·g −1 under N 2 to 218.8 mg·g −1 under 5% NO 2 . Mechanistic analyses revealed that the introduced -N 2 H 3 groups promoted the conversion of I 2 into polyiodide species, thereby strengthening both iodine adsorption and fixation. These results demonstrate that introducing electron-rich functional groups to synergistically regulate pore size and pore environment is an effective strategy for improving the selective iodine capture performance of Al-MOFs in complex spent fuel reprocessing off-gas.
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