Enhanced Gas Sensitivity and Sensing Mechanism of Network Structures Assembled from α-Fe2O3 Nanosheets with Exposed {104} Facets

Network structures assembled from α-Fe2O3 nanosheets with exposed {104} facets were successfully prepared by heating Fe(NO3)3 solution containing polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in air. The α-Fe2O3 nanosheet-based network structures demonstrate significantly higher response to ethanol and triethylamine t...

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Publié dans:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 33(2017), 35 vom: 05. Sept., Seite 8671-8678
Auteur principal: Ma, Yong (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Yang, Juan, Yuan, Yukun, Zhao, Hua, Shi, Qian, Zhang, Fangjuan, Pei, Cuijin, Liu, Bin, Yang, Heqing
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2017
Accès à la collection:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Sujets:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Résumé:Network structures assembled from α-Fe2O3 nanosheets with exposed {104} facets were successfully prepared by heating Fe(NO3)3 solution containing polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in air. The α-Fe2O3 nanosheet-based network structures demonstrate significantly higher response to ethanol and triethylamine than α-Fe2O3 commercial powders. The excellent sensing performances can be ascribed to the exposed (104) facet terminated with Fe atoms. A concept of the unsaturated Fe atoms serving as the sensing reaction active sites is thus proposed, and the sensing reaction mechanism is described at the atomic and molecular level for the first time in detail. The concept of the surface metal atoms with dangling bonds serving as active sites can deepen understanding of the sensing and other catalytic reaction mechanisms and provides new insight into the design and fabrication of highly efficient sensing materials, catalysts, and photoelectronic devices
Description:Date Completed 23.07.2018
Date Revised 23.07.2018
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00455