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Facile synthesis of CuO nanoribbons/rGO nanocomposites for high-performance formaldehyde gas sensor at low temperature

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In the present study, the CuO nanoribbons/reduced graphene oxides (rGO) nanocomposites have been successfully synthesized via a water-bath heating method. A series of characterizations manifest that CuO nanoribbons with average width of 100–200 nm are uniformly dispersed on the surface of rGO sheet. Meanwhile, the specific surface area and average pore size of as-obtained nanocomposites are 31.32 m2/g and 6.4 nm, respectively. More importantly, the as-obtained CuO nanoribbons/rGO nanocomposites exhibit superior gas-sensing property for ultra-low concentration formaldehyde (HCHO) detections at low temperature, which due to the mesoporous structure, large specific surface area, and excellent charge carriers transport properties. The response value of the CuO nanoribbons/rGO nanocomposites sensors to 1 ppb HCHO gas is about 22% at the optimal operating temperature of 80 °C with the extremely fast response and recovery time of both 1 s. It is expected that CuO nanoribbons/rGO nanocomposites with remarkable sensing performance have a wide application prospect in future development on monitoring and detecting HCHO at low temperature.

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

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Lu, Z., Ma, Z., Song, P. et al. Facile synthesis of CuO nanoribbons/rGO nanocomposites for high-performance formaldehyde gas sensor at low temperature. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 19297–19308 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06449-6

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