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MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Volume 31, Issue 7, Pages 1369-1373Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2011.05.002
Keywords
Mesoporous SnO(2) nanopowders; Synthesis; Ethanol; Gas sensor; Selectivity
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20871071]
- Science and Technology Commission Foundation of Tianjin [09JCYBJC03600, 10JCYBJC03900]
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In the paper, mesoporous SnO(2) nanopowders were synthesized via a simple and mild SnCl(4) hydrolysis process using cationic surfactant (cetyltrime thylammonium bromide, CTAB: CH(3)(CH(2))(15)N(+)(CH(3))(3)Br(-)) as structure directing agent and ammonia as an alkali source at room temperature, combined with a subsequent calcination process. The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and nitrogen adsorption-desorption experiment. A gas sensor was fabricated from the as-prepared mesoporous SnO(2) nanopowders and used to test the response to different concentrations of ethanol, methanol, hexane, NH(3), H(2) and CO at different operating temperatures. The results showed that the mesoporous SnO(2) sensor exhibited high sensitivity, good selectivity and quick response-recovery characteristics to ethanol, implying the potential application of the sensor for detecting ethanol. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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