In-situ fabrication of ZnO nanoparticles sensors based on gas-sensing electrode for ppb-level H2S detection at room temperature

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/abcf46

Abstract The zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) sensors were prepared in-situ on the gas-sensing electrodes by a one-step simple sol-gel method for the detection of hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) gas. The sphere-like ZnO NPs were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), x-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive x-ray analysis (EDX), and their H₂S sensing performance were measured at room temperature. Testing results indicate that the ZnO NPs exhibit excellent response to H₂S gas at room temperature. The response value of the optimal sample to 750 ppb H₂S is 73.3%, the detection limit reaches to 30 ppb, and the response value is 7.5%. Furthermore, the effects of the calcining time and thickness of the film on the gas-sensing performance were investigated. Both calcining time and film thickness show a negative correlation with the H₂S sensing performance. The corresponding reaction mechanism of H₂S detection was also discussed.

Keywords: ZnO H₂S gas sensor room temperature

Received: 03 September 2020
Revised: 02 November 2020
Accepted manuscript online: 01 December 2020

PACS:	07.07.Df	(Sensors (chemical, optical, electrical, movement, gas, etc.); remote sensing)
	77.55.hf	(ZnO)
	78.67.Bf	(Nanocrystals, nanoparticles, and nanoclusters)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11904209 and 61904098), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (Grant No. ZR2019QF018), and Higher Education Research and Development Program of Shandong Province, China (Grant No. J18KA242).

Corresponding Authors: ^†These authors contributed equally to the work. ^‡Corresponding author. E-mail: yingc@sdut.edu.cn ^§Corresponding author. E-mail: liub@sdut.edu.cn

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Jing-Yue Xuan(宣景悦), Guo-Dong Zhao(赵国栋), Xiao-Bo Shi(史小波), Wei Geng(耿伟), Heng-Zheng Li(李恒征), Mei-Ling Sun(孙美玲), Fu-Chao Jia(贾福超), Shu-Gang Tan(谭树刚), Guang-Chao Yin(尹广超), and Bo Liu(刘波) In-situ fabrication of ZnO nanoparticles sensors based on gas-sensing electrode for ppb-level H₂S detection at room temperature 2021 Chin. Phys. B 30 020701

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