Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 326, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2020.128817
Keywords
Fe2O3; Hematite; Gas sensor; BTEX; Benzene; Toluene; Ethylbenzene; Xylenes
Funding
- Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory [LMF-18580]
- Brazilian Laboratory of Synchrotron Radiation (LNLS), Campinas, SP, Brazil [D04B-XAFS2-20180311]
- FAPESP [2017/12437-5, 2019/18082-2, 2018/18208-0, 2013/07296-2]
- CNPq [405140/2018-5, 426511/2018-2, 308706/2018-8, 311463/2017-7]
- CAPES
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This study reports on a BTEX gas sensor based on hematite microrhombuses synthesized via hydrothermal method. The results demonstrate the high sensitivity and long-term stability of the hematite microrhombuses towards sub-ppm BTEX levels, indicating their potential as sensing materials for BTEX gas sensor devices.
Over the past fifty years, gas sensors based on metal semiconducting oxides (MOXs) have drawn attention due to their performance in detecting various gases. Thus, we report herein on a BTEX gases sensor based on hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) microrhombuses synthesized via the hydrothermal method. X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy analyses indicated the presence of a pristine hematite phase after hydrothermal treatment. Electron microscopy analyses revealed that the hematite sample consists of single-crystals with a rhombus-like shape and an average size of 140 nm. Electrical measurements pointed out that hematite microrhombuses were sensitive towards sub-ppm BTEX levels, in which the minimum detected level was 3 ppb and the long-term stability was 1 month. The results presented here demonstrate the potential of hematite microrhombuses as a sensing material to manufacture BTEX gas sensor devices.
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