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Synthesis of SnO2 nanoparticles for formaldehyde detection with high sensitivity and good selectivity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2020

Liping Gao ,
Hao Fu ,
Jiejun Zhu ,
Junhai Wang ,
Yuping Chen  and
Hongjie Liu
Liping Gao*
Affiliation:
School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Chuzhou University, Chuzhou239000, China
Hao Fu
Affiliation:
Department of Science and Technology, Shiyuan College of Nanning Normal University, Nanning530226, China School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning530004, China
Jiejun Zhu
Affiliation:
School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Chuzhou University, Chuzhou239000, China
Junhai Wang
Affiliation:
School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Chuzhou University, Chuzhou239000, China
Yuping Chen
Affiliation:
School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Chuzhou University, Chuzhou239000, China
Hongjie Liu*
Affiliation:
Department of Science and Technology, Shiyuan College of Nanning Normal University, Nanning530226, China
*
a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: gaozhangping@163.com
b)e-mail: hongjieliu2008@163.com
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Abstract

During the detection of industrial hazardous gases, like formaldehyde (HCHO), the selectivity is still a challenging issue. Herein, an alternative HCHO chemosensor that based on the tin oxide nanoparticles is proposed, which was obtained through a facile hydrothermal method. Gas sensing performances showed that the optimal working temperature located at only 180 °C, the response value of 79 via 50 ppm HCHO was much higher than that of 35 at 230 °C. However, the compromised test temperature was selected as 230 °C, taking into account the faster response/recovery speeds than 180 °C, named 20/23versus 53/60 s, respectively. The response (35) of the SnO2 nanoparticles-based sensor to 50 ppm of HCHO is about 400% higher than that of bulk SnO2 sensor (9), especially when the gas concentration is 1 ppm, SnO2 nanoparticles also has a higher sensitivity which may possibly result from more exposed active sites and small size effect for nanoparticles than for bulk ones. The gas sensor based on SnO2 nanoparticles can be utilized as a promising candidate for practical low-temperature detectors of HCHO due to its higher gas response, excellent response–recovery properties, and perfect selectivity.

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SnO2 nanoparticlesformaldehydeselectivityhigh sensitivitylow temperature
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 35 , Issue 16 , 28 August 2020 , pp. 2208 - 2217
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These authors contributed equally to this work.

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