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Sensing properties of amperometric ppb-level NO2 sensor based on sodium ion conductor with sensing electrodes comprising different WO3 nanostructures

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In this study, amperometric NO2 sensors based on Na+ superionic conductor electrolyte and sensing electrodes with different WO3 nanostructures (WO3 nanoparticles, WO3 nanosheets, and mesoporous WO3) have been fabricated and compared. Sensing properties, such as optimum test temperature, sensitivity, repeatability, and selectivity have been determined and compared. Compared with the literatures, the sensors, prepared using three different WO3 nanostructures, all showed improved sensing properties to 100–1000 ppb NO2 at low work temperatures of 100–150 °C. Among above sensors, the sensor equipped with mesoporous WO3 sensing electrode exhibited the best amperometric sensitivity characteristics and the minimum test temperature. The relationship between the sensing properties and the mesoporous structure has also been discussed. What’s more, the sensor can test ppb-level NO2 in low temperature, which makes it possible to monitor low concentrations of NO2 in the air.

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Abbreviations

YSZ:

Yttria-stabilized zirconia

NASICON:

Na+ superionic conductor

SE:

Sensing electrode

RE:

Reference electrode

XRD:

X-ray diffraction

TEM:

Transmission electron microscopy

BET:

Brunauer, Emmett and Teller

AFM:

Atomic Force Microscope

DLS:

Dynamic light scattering particle size analysis

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This work is supported by Foundation of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (No. 18090503600) and Research project of Shanghai university of applied technology (XTCX2017-4).

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    Xiaohong Zheng, Xin Li, Yibo Shen, Mengting Dai, Bing Wang & Qiang Li

  2. Shanghai University of Applied Technology, 100 Haiquan Road, Shanghai, 201418, People’s Republic of China

    Cheng Zhang

  3. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, People’s Republic of China

    Jinfeng Xia, Guohong Zhou, Danyu Jiang & Shiwei Wang

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Zheng, X., Zhang, C., Xia, J. et al. Sensing properties of amperometric ppb-level NO2 sensor based on sodium ion conductor with sensing electrodes comprising different WO3 nanostructures. J Mater Sci 54, 5311–5320 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-03189-7

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