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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 115, Issue 46, Pages 22939-22944Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp206352u
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21173103, 51172090]
- Scientific Fore-front and Interdisciplinary Innovation Project, Jilin University, China [421031401412]
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In this work, Fe-doped flowerlike ZnO powders with various doping contents were successfully fabricated by a hydrothermal method. The results of X-ray diffraction and UV-vis DRS spectra revealed that the Fe ions have been successfully doped into the crystal lattice of the ZnO host structure, and the optical absorption response of Fe-doped ZnO was extended into the visible region for the incorporation of Fe ions. The room-temperature photoelectric gas sensing of formaldehyde (HCHO) based on the Fe-doped ZnO was also studied under 532 nm light irradiation provided by a green laser pointer. It was found that the as-prepared Fe-doped ZnO samples showed excellent sensitivity, in which the gas response to 5 and 100 ppm formaldehyde can reach to 22% and 28796 under 532 nm light irradiation at room temperature, respectively. The sensing mechanism of the obvious visible-light-induced photoelectric gas sensing was discussed with the help of surface photovoltage measurement. Our results demonstrated that visible light irradiation was a promising approach to achieving a large response for gas sensors at room temperature. This work will pave a way for the development of a low-cost practical gas sensor.
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