A novel WO3•H2O nanostructure assembled with nanorods: Hydrothermal synthesis, growth and their gas sensing properties

A novel WO3 center dot H2O nanostructure assembled by numerous one-dimensional nanorods as building units were synthesized successfully through a facile hydrothermal process. As a comparison, we also prepared the monodispersed WO3 center dot H2O nanorods. The crystal structures and morphologies of two products were characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope. Furthermore, gas sensing experiments indicated that a superior gas-sensing property of aligned WO3 center dot H2O nanorods occurs over that of the monodispersed WO3 center dot H2O nanorods, which is likely attributed to large effective surface areas and abundant accessible diffusion channels provided by this special structure for sufficient gas reactions. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.