Highly Sensitive and Selective PbTiO 3 Gas Sensors with Negligible Humidity Interference in Ambient Atmosphere

Xing Hua Ma, Hua Yao Li, Sang Hyo Kweon, Seong Yong Jeong, Jong Heun Lee, Sahn Nahm

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    Abstract

    Three PbTiO 3 nanostructures were synthesized using a one-step hydrothermal reaction with different TiO 2 powders as Ti sources, and their gas-sensing properties were investigated. The sensor comprising PbTiO 3 nanoplates (NPs) exhibited a high response (resistance ratio = 80.4) to 5 ppm ethanol at 300 °C and could detect trace concentrations of ethanol down to 100 ppb. Moreover, the sensor showed high ethanol selectivity and nearly the same sensing characteristics despite the wide range of humidity variation from 20 to 80% RH. The mechanism for humidity-independent gas sensing was elucidated using diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectra. PbTiO 3 NPs are new and promising sensing materials that can be used for detecting ethanol in a highly sensitive and selective manner with negligible interference from ambient humidity.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)5240-5246
    Number of pages7
    JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
    Volume11
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2019 Feb 6

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by the National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST) Grant by the Korean government (MSIP) (no. CAP-17-04-KRISS) and by a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), which was funded by the Korean government (Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MEST), grant no. 2016R1A2A1A05005331). Furthermore, the authors also thank the KU-KIST Graduate School Program of Korea University.

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2019 American Chemical Society.

    Keywords

    • PbTiO nanoplate
    • ethanol
    • gas sensor
    • humidity interference
    • selectivity

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Materials Science

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