Fabrication and characteristics of ZnO nanowires array gas sensor based on microfluidics

Hu Jie; Deng Xiao; Sang Sheng-Bo; Li Peng-Wei; Li Gang; Zhang Wen-Dong

doi:10.7498/aps.63.207102

Abstract

In this paper, ZnO nanowire (ZnO NW) array is prepared based on microfluidic technology. The crystalline structures and morphologies of as-synthesized ZnO NWs are characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The results show that ZnO NW is high-quality crystalline and c-axis oriented. At the same time, the gas-sensing properties of ZnO NWs are investigated for different gases, such as acetone, methanol and ethanol. The measured results prove that ZnO NW shows a sensitivity of 8.26 at 475 ℃, and the response and recovery times can reach 9 and 5 s separately, when exposed to 200 ppm (1 ppm=10-6) acetone. Compared with the method of conventional hydrothermal technology, the ZnO NWs based on microfluidic technology shows high sensitivity and fast recovery time. Finally, the gas sensing mechanism of ZnO NWs is also discussed from the aspect of gain and lose electron of oxygen molecules on material surface.

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Authors and contacts

1.
Micro Nano System Research Center, College of Information Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China;
2.
Key Laboratory of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System of the Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China;
3.
College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
Funds: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51205273, 51205274), the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province, China (Grant No. 2013021017-2), the Scientific and Technological Innovation Foundation of Higher Education Institutions in Shanxi Province, China (Grant No. 20120007), the Science Foundation for Youth Scholars of Taiyuan University of Technology, China (Grant No. 2012L034), and the Excellent Innovation Programs for Postgraduate in Shanxi Province, China (Grant No. 20133028).

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[4]	Musarrat J, Muhammad A I, R V Kumar, Mansoor A, Muhammad T J 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 018504
[5]	Lim J H, Kang C K, Kim K K, Park I K, Hwang D K, Park S J 2006 Adv. Mater. 18 2720
[6]	Jiang W, Gao H, Xu L L, Ma J N, Zhang E, Wei P, Lin J Q 2011 Chin. Phys. B 20 037307
[7]	Yu X, Hu Z Y, Huang Z H, Yu X M, Zhang J J, Zhao G S, Zhao Y 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 118801
[8]	Jia Z N, Zhang X D, Liu Y, Wang Y F, Fan J, Liu C C, Zhao Y 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 046106
[9]	Park W I, Kim D, Jung S W, Yi G C 2002 Appl. Phys. Lett. 80 4232
[10]	Qiu J, Guo M, Feng Y, Wang X 2011 Electrochim. Acta 56 5776
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[17]	Hsueh T J, Chang S J, Lin Y R, Tsai S Y, Chen I C, Hsu C L 2006 Cryst. Growth Des. 6 1282
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