Methylbenzene sensors using Ti-doped NiO multiroom spheres: Versatile tunability on selectivity, response, sensitivity, and detection limit

Ki Beom Kim, Seong Yong Jeong, Tae Hyung Kim, Yun Chan Kang, Jong Heun Lee

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Abstract

Pure and Ti-doped NiO multiroom spheres were prepared via ultrasonic spray pyrolysis, and their gas sensing characteristics were investigated. The sensor using 10 at% Ti-doped NiO multiroom spheres exhibited an unprecedented high response (resistance ratio = 337.8) to 1 ppm p-xylene at 350 ℃, whereas the sensor using pure NiO multiroom spheres exhibited a negligibly low response (1.3). Moreover, the control of the Ti doping and film thickness provided intriguing strategies for tuning the xylene and methylbenzene sensing characteristics, such as the selectivity, response, sensitivity (slope between response and gas concentration), and detection limit. The versatile tunability on gas sensing characteristics was explained by the Ti-doping-induced variation of the oxygen adsorption, mesoporosity, specific surface area, and charge-carrier concentration, as well as the control over the reforming and oxidation of the analyte gases using the multiroom-structured micro-reactors with high catalytic activity.

Original languageEnglish
Article number127730
JournalSensors and Actuators, B: Chemical
Volume308
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Apr 1

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Keywords

  • Aromatic volatile organic compounds
  • Gas sensor
  • Methylbenzene
  • Oxide semiconductor
  • Tenability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Instrumentation
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

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