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Porous ZnO cubes derived from metal–organic frameworks with excellent sensing performance triethylamine

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Recently, the metal organic frameworks (MOFs) structure is concerned by its unique porous structure and regular morphology. In this paper, ZnO has been prepared by calcining MOF-5 precursors which obtained via a solvothermal method. For a better comparison, the reaction time needs to be appropriately changed to control the sizes of samples. The obtained samples were analyzed for composition and morphology by a series of characterization methods, and the results showed that particle size of MOF-5 precursors increased with reaction time. The ZnO particles formed after calcination are composed of crystal grains of 20–30 nm and thus have a porous structure. Gas-sensitive performance tests show that the sensor based on MOF-5-derived ZnO has good gas sensitivity. Among them, the responsiveness of MOF-5-derived ZnO prepared by solvothermal reaction for 4 h was the highest at 300 °C, and the response value to 100 ppm triethylamine (TEA) was 120.6. In addition, MOF-5-derived ZnO has better selectivity and repeatability than ZnO which is prepared using other methods.

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This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61102006) and Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (Nos. ZR2018LE006 and ZR2015EM019).

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Sun, J., Wei, Q., Song, P. et al. Porous ZnO cubes derived from metal–organic frameworks with excellent sensing performance triethylamine. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 838–847 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-02594-1

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