Abstract
A hybrid nanostructure of carbon with ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) was synthesized by grafting glucose on the surface of the ZnO NPs as the precursor and heating at 180 C for 30 min, which morphological feature was characterized as nanoparticles with an average diameter of 20-25 nm. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images revealed that the ZnO/C nanostructures preserved good dispersity and uniformity. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), N2 adsorption and gas-sensing measurements were performed to study the structure and the gas-sensing properties of the ZnO/C nanostructures. The gas-sensing properties demonstrated that the sensors based on the ZnO/C nanostructures exhibited a much higher gas response to acetone and ethanol vapor than the sensors based on the pure ZnO nanoparticles and the mechanism was also discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 132-139 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical |
| Volume | 195 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2014 |
Keywords
- Chemical coupling
- Gas sensors
- Solution-based synthesis
- ZnO/C nanostructures
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