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Improving gas sensing performance of BiVO4 nanoplates with {040} growing facets induced by Bi3+

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The micro-morphology and exposed crystal facets of BiVO4 are the crucial factors influencing the gas sensing performance. In this paper, rectangular-plate-shaped BiVO4 with {040} exposed facets were prepared by controlling the concentration of Bi3+ during a facile hydrothermal route. A formation mechanism of the oriented growth nanoplates was proposed according to the morphological evolution of BiVO4 with different molar ratios of Bi to V. The gas-sensing results showed that the sample BVO-1.03 with {040} growing facets obtained at a molar ratio of Bi to V of 1.03:1 in solution presented the maximum sensitivity of 351.1 to 100 ppm ethylene glycol at 220 °C and a wide detection range even to ppb-level towards ethylene glycol was further confirmed. In addition, BVO-1.03 also showed excellent gas-sensing performance (151.1) to 100 ppm n-butanol at 220 °C, which was more than eight times that of the BVO-1. The exposing {040} active facets and the associated oxygen vacancies were demonstrated to be useful for the enhanced response and high recovery rate. Based on the fast recovery rate for ethylene glycol (17.55 s−1) and the high response value at lower working temperature, the BiVO4 nanoplates with {040} exposed facets prepared in this work have potential significance for the environmental monitoring applications.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51874200), Liaoning Bai Qian Wan Talents Program and Liaoning Revitalization Talents Program (XLYC1907080 and XLYC2008014).

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by ML, XY, CS and JJ. The funding support for the experiment was provided by ML, YW and LL. The first draft of the manuscript was written by XY and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Li, M., Yang, X., Shen, C. et al. Improving gas sensing performance of BiVO4 nanoplates with {040} growing facets induced by Bi3+. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1618 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11028-y

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