摘要
A sea-urchin-like CuO/ZnO porous nanostructure is obtained via a simple solution method followed by a calcination process.There are abundant pores among the resulting nanowires due to the thermal decomposition of copper-zinc hydroxide carbonate.The specific surface area of the as-prepared CuO/ZnO sample is determined as 31.3 m^(2)·g^(-1).The gas-sensing performance of the sea-urchin-like CuO/ZnO sensor is studied by exposure to volatile organic compound(VOC)vapors.With contrast to a pure porous sea-urchin-like ZnO sensor,the sea-urchin-like CuO/ZnO sensor shows superior gas-sensing behavior for acetone,formaldehyde,methanol,toluene,isopropanol and ethanol.It exhibits a high response of 52.6-100 ppm acetone vapor,with short response/recovery time.This superior sensing behavior is mainly ascribed to the porous nanowireassembled structure with abundant p-n heterojunctions.
基金
This study was funded by grant Anhui Laboratory of Functional Coordinated Complexes for Materials Chemistry and Application(LFCCMCA-09)
Anhui Laboratory of Clean Energy Materials and Chemistry for Sustainable Conversion of Natural Resources(LCECSC-01)
Natural Science Research Project for Universities in Anhui Province(KJ2019A0480).