1.3.3 A bio-inspired structure: conversing CdS to CdO for gassensing detection of acetone and diethyl ether

Event
14th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors - IMCS 2012
2012-05-20 - 2012-05-23
Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany
Chapter
1.3 Metal Oxide-based Gas Sensors I
Author(s)
X. Fu, Y. Wang, X. Zhang - Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China (P. R. China), J. Liu, Y. Huang, J. Liu - Research Center for Biomimetic Functional Materials and Sensing Devices, Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences (P. R. China)
Pages
101 - 103
DOI
10.5162/IMCS2012/1.3.3
ISBN
978-3-9813484-2-2
Price
free

Abstract

A special CdO structure with a bio-inspired morphology was prepared by conversing CdS precursor under annealing treatment. The as-prepared leave-shaped CdO microstructures were further used for developing a sensitive gas sensor to detect acetone and diethyl ether. We find that the biomimetic structure can significantly improve the gas diffusion and adsorption of analytes in the sensing layer of gas sensor. During the gas-sensing process, the target gases can effectively diffuse through the CdO materials and adsorb onto the surface of them. The results show that presented gas sensor exhibits a fascinating gas-sensing performance with high response and short response time towards target gases. Our findings provide a potentially general strategy for developing sensitive gas sensor with enhanced diffusing and adsorbing properties towards analytes.

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