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Trimethylamine sensing properties of MoO3 nanofibers

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The efficient and reliable monitoring of trimethylamine (TMA) is significant to environmental protection and human healthcare. The Molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) nanofibers can be regarded as a promising sensing material with a low-detection limit for trimethylamine. MoO3 nanofibers with controlled morphology were synthesized by adjusting electrospinning and calcination conditions. MoO3 with the second-step calcination time is 90 s, which shows excellent trimethylamine sensing properties. The response of sensors based on M-90 nanofibers to 50 ppm acetone is 82.3 at 175 °C. And it has excellent selectivity to TMA. The sensors show good selectivity to TMA, compared to other gases to be measured. Finally, a detailed study of the sensing mechanism of MoO3 is conducted to analyze the reasons for exhibiting high response to TMA.

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This study was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Science and Technology Plan Project under Grant No. 2020GG0185, National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61703348 and 61801400), the Central Universities under Grant No. XDJK2019C069.

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    Song Zou, Jingxuan Wu, Bo Wang, Qingsong Luo, Wenjun Wang, Zhenxing Wang, Yu Wan & Changhao Feng

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SZ: writing–original draft, investigation, validation. JW: formal analysis, data curation. QL: resources. WW: data curation. ZW: data curation. YW: investigation. CF: supervision, funding acquisition, writing—review & editing, conceptualization.

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Zou, S., Wu, J., Wang, B. et al. Trimethylamine sensing properties of MoO3 nanofibers. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1262 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10695-1

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