Detection of ethanol gas using In2O3 nanoparticle-decorated ZnS nanowires
Detection of ethanol gas using In2O3 nanoparticle-decorated ZnS nanowires
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DOI:
10.1016/j.snb.2017.03.120
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发表时间:
2017-09-01
影响因子:
8.4
通讯作者:
Park, Sunghoon
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作者:
Kim, Kyoung-Kook;Kim, Dongjun;Park, Sunghoon
An In2O3 nanoparticle-decorated ZnS nanowire gas sensor was fabricated by following a three-step process. The ZnS nanowires were fabricated by the vapor-liquid-solid mechanism using ZnS powder as a precursor. The In2O3 nanoparticles were fabricated by a hydrothermal mechanism. The In2O3 nanoparticles were spin coated on the surface of the ZnS nanowires, and the resulting sample was annealed for 1 h at 500 degrees C in vacuum. The ethanol gas sensing response of these nanowires was 2.9 times higher than that of pristine ZnS nanowires when these sensors were exposed to 500 ppm ethanol. The selectivity of the resulting sensor to ethanol gas among the other volatile organic compounds gases also improved by the decoration of ZnS nanowires with In2O3 nanoparticles. Furthermore, since ZnS and In2O3 are known as effective ethanol gas sensing materials, their combination creates a synergistic effect for ethanol gas sensing, selectivity, and sensitivity. In this study, we synthesized a hybrid structure containing In2O3 nanoparticles and ZnS nanowires to fabricate a high-response ethanol gas sensor. We also investigated the ethanol gas sensing mechanism of the resulting sensor. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.