Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 13, Issue 21, Pages 25082-25091Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c03283
Keywords
hydrogen gas sensors; metal oxide semiconductor nanoflowers; functionalization via microwave absorption; metal nanoparticles; room temperature operation
Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea - Korea government (MSIT) [NRF-2021R1A2C2012855]
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The functionalization of zinc oxide nanoflowers with palladium nanoparticles using microwave assistance leads to high-performance hydrogen gas sensors operating at room temperature. The sensors show a high response rate and low detection limit, offering sensitive and selective detection of H2 gas molecules in the presence of other gases.
Microwave-assisted functionalization of zinc oxide nanoflowers (ZnO NFs) with palladium nano-particles (Pd NPs) is demonstrated to realize high-performance chemiresistive-type hydrogen (H-2) gas sensors operating at room temperature (RT). The developed gas sensors exhibit a high response of up to 70% at 50 ppm and a theoretical detection limit of 10 ppb. The formation of ZnO NFs with an enhanced specific surface area and their functionalization with Pd NPs are investigated through various characterizations. Furthermore, the optimization of microwave absorption upon the structural incorporations between nanostructures (NF-NPs) is investigated for solution-based functionalization at low temperatures (below 120 degrees C) for short process times (within 1 min), compared to the conventional thermal annealing at 250 degrees C for 1 h. Highly sensitive and selective ZnO-based gas sensors enabling the detection of H2 gas molecules at 300 ppb concentration at RT exhibit a short response/recovery time of below 3 min and a good selectivity toward different gases including nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, and oxygen. The successful functionalization of nanostructured metal oxide semiconductors (MOSs) with metal NPs via effective and practical microwave absorption enhances the potential on highly sensitive and selective chemiresistive-type MOS-based gas sensors operating at RT without additional heaters or photogenerators.
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