Journal
CHEMOSENSORS
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors11050296
Keywords
g-C3N4/SnO2; heterojunction; band structure; ethanolamine; sensors
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In this study, a SnO2 decorated g-C3N4 material was fabricated and used as a sensor material for the detection of ethanolamine. The sensor exhibited high sensitivity, low detection limit, fast response and recovery time, good selectivity, and a linear relationship between the response and concentration.
Volatile organoamines are important industrial raw materials and chemicals. Long-term exposure to amines could be harmful to human health and even cause serious pollution. In this study, SnO2 decorated g-C3N4 material was fabricated and used as a sensor material for the detection of ethanolamine (EA). The structures, morphology, surface chemical states, and band structure were characterized, and gas sensing was studied. The results showed that SnO2 nanoparticles were dispersed on g-C3N4, and band structure was dependent on g-C3N4 doping. Notably, the interface heterojunction was conducive to electron transferring and O-2 molecule adsorption; the formed reactive oxygen species enhanced the reaction between oxygen and EA, thus leading to high sensitivity to EA. This composite exhibited a high response that was 2.6 times higher than that of pure SnO2, and the detection limit reached 294 ppb. A g-C3N4/SnO2-based sensor displayed a high selectivity to EA with a fast response time (1 s) and recovery time (20 s) at low operating temperatures. In particular, this sensor exhibited a linear relationship between the response and concentration, which is required for quantitative analysis.
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