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Highly sensitive and rapidly responding room-temperature NO2 gas sensors based on WO3 nanorods/sulfonated graphene nanocomposites

Tingting Wang, Juanyuan Hao( ), Shengliang Zheng, Quan Sun, Di Zhang, You Wang( )
School of Materials Science and EngineeringHarbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin150001China
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Metal oxide/graphene nanocomposites are emerging as promising materials for developing room-temperature gas sensors. However, the unsatisfactory performances owing to the relatively low sensitivity, slow response, and recovery kinetics limit their applications. Herein, a highly sensitive and rapidly responding room-temperature NO2 gas sensor based on WO3 nanorods/sulfonated reduced graphene oxide (S-rGO) was prepared via a simple and cost-effective hydrothermal method. The optimal sensor response of the WO3/S-rGO sensor toward 20 ppm NO2 is 149% in 6 s, which is 4.7 times higher and 100 times faster than that of the corresponding WO3/rGO sensors. In addition, the sensor exhibits excellent reproducibility, selectivity, and extremely fast recovery kinetics. The mechanism of the WO3/S-rGO nanocomposite gas sensor is investigated in detail. In addition to the high transport capability of S-rGO as well as its excellent NO2 adsorption ability, the superior sensing performance of the S-rGO/WO3 sensor can be attributed to the favorable charge transfer occurring at the S-rGO/WO3 interfaces. We believe that the strategy of compositing a metal oxide with functionalized graphene provides a new insight for the future development of room-temperature gas sensors.

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metal oxide/sulfonated reduced grapheneNO2 gas sensingroom temperaturerapidly respondingWO3 nanorods

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Nano Research
Volume 11 Issue 2,
February 2018
Pages 791-803
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-017-1688-y
Cite this article:
Wang T, Hao J, Zheng S, et al. Highly sensitive and rapidly responding room-temperature NO2 gas sensors based on WO3 nanorods/sulfonated graphene nanocomposites. Nano Research, 2018, 11(2): 791-803. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-017-1688-y

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Received: 06 April 2017
Revised: 14 May 2017
Accepted: 17 May 2017
Published: 27 July 2017
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