Enhancing NO2 gas sensing performances at room temperature based on reduced graphene oxide-ZnO nanoparticles hybrids

NO2 gas sensor has been constructed using reduced graphene oxide-ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO-rGO) hybrids as sensing materials. Most importantly, the sensor exhibits higher sensitivity, shorter response time and recovery time than those of the sensor based on rGO, indicating that the sensing performances for NO2 sensing operating at room temperature have been enhanced by introduction of ZnO nanoparticles into rGO matrix. (C) 2014 Elsevier By. All rights reserved.