High ethanol sensitive SnO 2 microspheres

  • Jian Ping Ge
  • , Jin Wang
  • , Hao Xu Zhang
  • , Xun Wang
  • , Qing Peng
  • , Ya Dong Li*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)937-943
Number of pages7
JournalSensors and Actuators B: Chemical
Volume113
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Feb 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Ethanol sensor
  • Microsphere
  • SnO

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