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MATERIALS SCIENCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING
Volume 101, Issue -, Pages 10-15Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2019.05.014
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Co3O4; Porous structures; Acetone; Gas sensors
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- Science&Technology Development Fund of Tianjin Education Commission for Higher Education [JW1706]
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Large-scale and well-dispersed Co3O4 porous microspheres have been successfully synthesized by a room temperature solution approach followed by the calcination treatment in air. Microstructural characterizations by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) show that as-prepared Co3O4 microspheres with diameters of 800-950 nm are assembled by numerous nanoparticles and present loose porous architectures. When applied as a gas sensing material, Co3O4 porous microsphere based sensor exhibits more rapid response/recovery speed (2 s/5 s) and higher sensitivity towards acetone gas at 180 degrees C compared with ethanol, toluene, formaldehyde, ammonia and benzene gas. Meanwhile, Co3O4 microsphere-based sensors also show superior stability and reproducibility towards acetone gas. The high catalytic activity of Co3O4 specimen and stable and penetrable sensing networks constructed by three dimensional sphere-like loose architectures promote target gas adsorption/desorption, facilitate surface chemical reaction and accelerate electron transfer, thus enormously improving gas sensing dynamics.
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