Abstract
Comparing with the traditional method to make the tin oxide (SnO 2) sensor material (hydrolysis of SnCl 4 in basic solutions), a novel CVD strategy has been investigated to prepare highly sensitive SnO 2 microspheres. SnCl 2 was used as the precursor to form SnS 2 microspheres, which was composed of single-crystal SnS 2 sheet. Then, the sample was oxidized in air and transformed to polycrystalline SnO 2 microspheres. BET surface area and BJH pore diameter were measured with nitrogen adsorption at 77.36 K on a Chemsorb-3000 instrument. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results showed the sample had small grain size, which made it highly sensitive to ethanol.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 937-943 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical |
| Volume | 113 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 27 Feb 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Ethanol sensor
- Microsphere
- SnO