Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 8, Issue 10, Pages 6669-6677Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b00169
Keywords
CeO2/SnO2 composites; heterostructure; hollow spheres; gas sensor; sensing mechanism
Funding
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [61374218, 61134010, 61327804, 61304242, 61474057]
- Program for Chang Jiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University [IRT13018]
- National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) [2013AA030902, 2014AA06A505]
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CeO2 decorated SnO2 hollow spheres were successfully synthesized via a two-step hydrothermal strategy. The morphology and structures of as-obtained CeO2/SnO2 composites were analyzed by various kinds of techniques. The SnO2 hollow spheres with uniform size around 300 rim were self-assembled with SnO2 nanoparticles and were hollow with a diameter of about 100 nm. The CeO2 nanoparticles on the surface of SnO2 hollow spheres could be clearly observed. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results confirmed the existence of Ce3+ and the increased amount of both chemisorbed oxygen and oxygen vacancy after the CeO2 decorated. Compared with pure SnO2 hollow spheres, such, composites revealed excellent enhanced sensing properties to ethanol. When the ethanol concentration was 100 ppm, the sensitivity of the CeO2/SnO2 composites was 37, which was 2.65-times higher than that of the primary SnO2 hollow spheres. The sensing mechanism of the enhanced gas sensing properties Was also discussed.
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