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ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS
卷 4, 期 12, 页码 12977-12985出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c01831
关键词
CuO:rGO; NH3 sensing; EIS analysis; adsorption; band bending
资金
- Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia [R.G.P/1/249/42]
The study investigates the NH3 sensing performance of CuO:rGO composites prepared using different chemical routes, revealing that the improved sensor response of hydrothermally synthesized CuO:rGO is primarily attributed to the higher concentration of active sites induced on the CuO nanorod surface by rGO.This enhanced response is also facilitated by the favorable band bending at the rGO-CuO interface.
The NH3 sensing performance of copper oxide (CuO) nanorods can be enhanced with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) composites (i.e., CuO:rGO) due to their favorable Fermi level alignments and improved carrier mobility. However, the conductivity and the active sites in CuO:rGO are highly determined by the preparation techniques. Hence, we attempt to unravel the role of different chemical routes (wet chemical synthesis and hydrothermal preparation techniques) on the NH3 sensor device performance of CuO:rGO. Morphological imaging reveals the formation of 1D structures in both preparation techniques, and the role of graphene oxide on the evolution of CuO nanorods is discussed. First-principles calculations probe the interactions between CuO:rGO and NH3, and the structure is optimized for the most stable configuration. The absorption binding energies of the CuO:rGO-NH3 systems are measured to be 1.36 eV, which is much higher than those of the metal-rGO composites. For 50 ppm of NH3, the sensor response is measured to be 3.87 and 6.29 for chemically and hydrothermally synthesized CuO:rGO, respectively. The enhanced response of hydrothermal CuO:rGO is due to the more active sites induced on the CuO nanorod surface by rGO and the favorable band bending at the rGO-CuO interface.
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