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Synthesis and enhanced acetone gas-sensing performance of ZnSnO₃/SnO₂ hollow urchin nanostructures

Published in: Journal of Nanoparticle Research | Issue 12/2017

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A kind of novel ZnSnO₃/SnO₂ hollow urchin nanostructure was synthesized by a facile, eco-friendly two-step liquid-phase process. The structure, morphology, and composition of samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and nitrogen adsorption–desorption techniques. The results revealed that many tiny needle-like SnO₂ nanowires with the average diameter of 5 nm uniformly grew on the surface of the ZnSnO₃ hollow microspheres and the ZnSnO₃/SnO₂ hollow urchin nanostructures with different SnO₂ content also were successfully prepared. In order to comprehend the evolution process of the ZnSnO₃/SnO₂ hollow urchin nanostructures, the possible growth mechanism of samples was illustrated via several experiments in different reaction conditions. Moreover, the gas-sensing performance of as-prepared samples was investigated. The results showed that ZnSnO₃/SnO₂ hollow urchin nanostructures with high response to various concentration levels of acetone enhanced selectivity, satisfying repeatability, and good long-term stability for acetone detection. Specially, the 10 wt% ZnSnO₃/SnO₂ hollow urchin nanostructure exhibited the best gas sensitivity (17.03 for 50 ppm acetone) may be a reliable biomarker for the diabetes patients, which could be ascribed to its large specific surface area, complete pore permeability, and increase of chemisorbed oxygen due to the doping of SnO₂.

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Title: Synthesis and enhanced acetone gas-sensing performance of ZnSnO3/SnO2 hollow urchin nanostructures
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Published in: Journal of Nanoparticle Research / Issue 12/2017
Print ISSN: 1388-0764
Electronic ISSN: 1572-896X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-017-4094-1

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