The high sensitivity of room-temperature gas sensors is the key to innovation in the areas of environment,energy conservation and safety.However,metal-oxide-based sensors generally operate at high temperatures.Herein,...The high sensitivity of room-temperature gas sensors is the key to innovation in the areas of environment,energy conservation and safety.However,metal-oxide-based sensors generally operate at high temperatures.Herein,we designed three ZrO_(2)-based sensors and explored their NO_(2)sensing properties at room temperature.ZrO_(2)with three different morphologies and microstructure were synthesized by simple hydrothermal methods.The microstructures of sensing materials are expected to significantly affect gas sensing properties.The rod-shaped ZrO_(2)(ZrO_(2)-R)displayed the advantages such as higher crystallinity,larger pore size,narrower band gap and more chemisorbed adsorbed oxygen,compared to hollow sphere-shaped ZrO_(2)(ZrO_(2)-HS),stellate-shaped ZrO_(2)(ZrO_(2)–S).The ZrO_(2)-R sensor showed the highest response towards 30 ppm NO_(2)(423.8%)at room temperature,and a quite high sensitivity of 198.0%for detecting 5 ppm NO_(2).Although ZrO_(2)-HS and ZrO_(2)–S sensors exhibited lower response towards 30 ppm NO_(2)(232.9%and 245.1%),the response time and recovery time of these two sensors are 5 s/19 s and 4 s/3 s,respectively.This work can provide a new strategy for the development of roomtemperature metal-oxide-based sensors.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(Project No.F2020202050)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62004059,11632004 and U1864208)+5 种基金the Key Program for International Science and Technology Cooperation Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(No.2016YFE0125900)National Science and Technology Major Project(2017-VII-0011-0106)Science and Technology Planning Project of Tianjin(20ZYJDJC00030)the Key Program of Research and Development of Hebei Province(202030507040009)the Fund for Innovative Research Groups of Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(A2020202002)the Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin(S20ZDF077).
文摘The high sensitivity of room-temperature gas sensors is the key to innovation in the areas of environment,energy conservation and safety.However,metal-oxide-based sensors generally operate at high temperatures.Herein,we designed three ZrO_(2)-based sensors and explored their NO_(2)sensing properties at room temperature.ZrO_(2)with three different morphologies and microstructure were synthesized by simple hydrothermal methods.The microstructures of sensing materials are expected to significantly affect gas sensing properties.The rod-shaped ZrO_(2)(ZrO_(2)-R)displayed the advantages such as higher crystallinity,larger pore size,narrower band gap and more chemisorbed adsorbed oxygen,compared to hollow sphere-shaped ZrO_(2)(ZrO_(2)-HS),stellate-shaped ZrO_(2)(ZrO_(2)–S).The ZrO_(2)-R sensor showed the highest response towards 30 ppm NO_(2)(423.8%)at room temperature,and a quite high sensitivity of 198.0%for detecting 5 ppm NO_(2).Although ZrO_(2)-HS and ZrO_(2)–S sensors exhibited lower response towards 30 ppm NO_(2)(232.9%and 245.1%),the response time and recovery time of these two sensors are 5 s/19 s and 4 s/3 s,respectively.This work can provide a new strategy for the development of roomtemperature metal-oxide-based sensors.
