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Characterization of CuO–reduced graphene oxide sandwiched nanostructure and its hydrogen sensing characteristics

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This paper demonstrated a high-performance hydrogen gas sensor based on CuO–reduced graphene oxide (rGO)–CuO sandwiched nanostructure. The CuO–rGO–CuO nanostructure was examined by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscope. The gas sensing characteristics of the CuO–rGO–CuO film sensor were evaluated at room temperature against hydrogen over a wide concentration range, which are better than that of pristine CuO and rGO. High sensitivity, good repeatability, and response–recovery characteristics were achieved in this work. Furthermore, the possible sensing mechanism of the presented sensor was explored.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51407200), the Science and Technology Plan Project of Shandong Province (Grant No. 2014GSF117035), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (No. 15CX05041A), and the Science and Technology Project of Huangdao Zone, Qingdao, China (No. 2014-1-51).

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Zhang, D., Yin, N., Jiang, C. et al. Characterization of CuO–reduced graphene oxide sandwiched nanostructure and its hydrogen sensing characteristics. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 28, 2763–2768 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-016-5856-8

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