Journal
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 784, Issue -, Pages 1261-1269Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.01.099
Keywords
Composite materials; Nanostructured materials; Chemical synthesis; Microstructure
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51875330]
- National Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province [2018JZ5003]
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In order to improve the high temperature sensitivity of alpha-Fe2O3 based gas sensor, the porous alpha-Fe2O3 nanorods@graphite nanocomposites were synthesized using a simple low temperature hydrolysis method. A series of analyses were performed to characterize the morphology, structure and composition. As a result, uniform porous alpha-Fe2O3 nanorods with a length of about 200-300 nm directly grown on the surface of graphite nanoplatelets. When tested as sensing materials for gas sensors, the nanocomposites display a high sensitivity of 16.9 toward 50 ppm acetone at a work temperature of 260 degrees C, which was 2.2 times of that of pure alpha-Fe2O3. Even at a work temperature of 320 degrees C, a stable sensitivity as high as 10.4 toward 50 ppm acetone could be maintained. The improved high temperature sensitivity of porous alpha-Fe2O3 nanorods@graphite nanocomposites can be attributed to p-n heterojunction, the porous structure of alpha-Fe2O3 nanorods, the high temperature stability of graphite and large specific surface areas. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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