NiO/NiWO4 Composite Yolk-Shell Spheres with Nanoscale NiO Outer Layer for Ultrasensitive and Selective Detection of Subppm-level p-Xylene

Tae Hyung Kim; Chang Hoon Kwak; Jong Heun Lee

doi:10.1021/acsami.7b10294

NiO/NiWO₄ Composite Yolk-Shell Spheres with Nanoscale NiO Outer Layer for Ultrasensitive and Selective Detection of Subppm-level p-Xylene

Tae Hyung Kim, Chang Hoon Kwak, Jong Heun Lee

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Abstract

NiO/NiWO₄ composite yolk-shell spheres with a nanoscale NiO outer layer were prepared using one-pot ultrasonic spray pyrolysis and their gas sensing characteristics were studied. The NiO/NiWO₄ yolk-shell spheres exhibited an extremely high response to 5 ppm p-xylene (ratio of resistance to gas and air = 343.5) and negligible cross-responses to 5 ppm ethanol, ammonia, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and benzene, whereas pure NiO yolk-shell spheres showed very low responses and selectivity to all the analyte gases. The detection limit for p-xylene was as low as 22.7 ppb. This ultrasensitive and selective detection of p-xylene is attributed to a synergistic catalytic effect between NiO and NiWO₄, high gas accessibility with large specific surface area, and increased chemiresistive variation due to the formation of a heterojunction. The NiO/NiWO₄ yolk-shell spheres with a thin NiO outer layer can be used to detect subppm-level p-xylene in a highly sensitive and selective manner for monitoring indoor air pollution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	32034-32043
Number of pages	10
Journal	ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume	9
Issue number	37
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b10294
Publication status	Published - 2017 Sept 20

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Funding Information:
This work was supported 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 2016R1A2A1A05005331).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Chemical Society.

Keywords

NiO/NiWO
gas sensor
heterostructure
mesopore
p-xylene

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General Materials Science

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