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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 9, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.106852
Keywords
Core-shell architecture; P-n heterojunction; Acetone sensor; Synergistic effect
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- Youth Innovation and Development Fund [2021HN2506]
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In this study, a PdO@WO3 core-shell, p-n heterojunction structure was successfully fabricated and showed superior acetone sensing performance. The sensing mechanism of the new structure was preliminarily discussed.
In this study, a structurally well-designed PdO@WO3 core-shell, p-n heterojunction architecture was fabricated using a facile hydrothermal method. Its material characterization was performed via X-ray diffractometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, electron scanning microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy analyses. Besides, the gas sensing properties of pure WO3, PdO-WO3, and PdO@WO3 nanocomposites were investigated. By benefiting from the unique synergistic effect between catalytic sensing and p-n heterojunction structure, the PdO@WO3 core-shell nanostructure showed considerably enhanced acetone sensing performance compared with the other structures; especially, its response toward 50 ppm acetone gas was up to 40, four times higher than that of the pure WO3 sensor. Its response/recovery times were also significantly reduced and its optimal operating temperature decreased from 250 degrees C to 200 degrees C. Finally, the possible sensing mechanism for the proposed PdO@WO3 core-shell, p-n heterojunction architecture is discussed here; the considerable enhancement in the acetone sensing capability could be attributed to its well-designed fabrication.
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