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Facile fabrication and enhanced gas sensing properties of ZnSnO3/NiO heterostructures

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The sensing performance of gas sensitive materials can be improved by adjusting their microstructure and electronic structure. In this work, ZnSnO3–NiO heterostructures are synthesized by co-precipitation and annealing treatment. The crystal structure, morphology and surface chemical composition of the samples are characterized by X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Subsequently, the performance of the sensors based on the above samples is tested. The results show that the sensor has the best performance when the molar ratio of Ni/Zn is 1:2. Specifically, the 2ZnSnO3–NiO-based sensor shows not only high response value (21.1) and fast response speed (1 s) to 100 ppm acetone at 260 °C, but also good repeatability and long-term stability. In addition, the improved gas sensing mechanism is analyzed in detail. Therefore, ZnSnO3–NiO heterostructures are expected to be a candidate material for the detection of acetone gas.

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The work was funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (Grant No. 202103021223004), Fundamental Research Fund of Taiyuan University (Grant No. 21TYKQ21).

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  1. Department of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University, Taiyuan, 030032, People’s Republic of China

    Liyong Du

  2. College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, People’s Republic of China

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The Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing—original draft and Writing—review and editing were performed by LD. The Investigation and Formal analysis were performed by HS.

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Du, L., Sun, H. Facile fabrication and enhanced gas sensing properties of ZnSnO3/NiO heterostructures. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 15734–15741 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08475-4

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