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ZIF-derived nanoparticles modified ZnO nanorods hierarchical structure for conductometric NO2 gas sensor

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Nitrogen oxide (NO2) pollution mainly comes from automobile exhaust and industrial production. It has drawn much attention in recent years, however, selectivity and sensitivity still need to be improved for metal oxide gas sensors. In this paper, a gas-sensitive material with a nanoparticle-nanorod hierarchical structure are designed to improve the receptor function of the NO2 gas sensor. ZIF-8 layer is in situ coated on the surface of ZnO nanorods. The ZnO nanorod as a central supporting backbone, and ZnO nanocrystalline derived from ZIF-8 attached to ZnO nanorods could adsorb more NO2 molecules. The sensing experiments demonstrate that ZnO nanorods decorated with ZIF-8 derived nanoparticles exhibited better selectivity and sensitivity of about 16.3 for 1 ppm NO2 at 200 °C than pure ZnO nanorods. The selectivity and moisture resistance are investigated. The desirable NO2 sensing mechanism is investigated in detail.

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51772163 and 51472137).

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XR: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing—original draft preparation, Writing—review & editing, Validation. ZZ: Supervision. ZT: Resources, Writing-review & editing, Project administration, Funding acquisition.

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Ren, X., Zhang, Z. & Tang, Z. ZIF-derived nanoparticles modified ZnO nanorods hierarchical structure for conductometric NO2 gas sensor. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 648 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10002-y

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