High-Performance Sulfur Dioxide Gas Sensor Based on Graphite-Phase Carbon-Nitride-Functionalized Tin Diselenide Nanorods Composite
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Materials
2.2. Material Synthesis and Sensor Fabrication
2.3. Gas Sensor Fabrication
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Structure Characterization
3.2. SO2-Sensing Properties
3.3. SO2 Gas-Sensing Mechanism
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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| Sensing Material | Sensing Environment | Response | Concentration | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlGaN/ZnO/rGO | RT | 2.5% | 120 ppb | [38] |
| SnO2/rGO | RT/UV | 1.7% | 5 ppm | [39] |
| Pt/rGO | 120 °C | 5% | 100 ppm | [40] |
| g-C3N4/rGO | RT | 3.2% | 100 ppm | [41] |
| SnO2/MWCNT | 60 °C | 6 | 500 ppm | [42] |
| V2O5/WO3/TiO2 | 400 °C | 5% | 20 ppm | [43] |
| WO3 | 350 °C | 5% | 1 ppm | [44] |
| Cu–SnO2 | 400 °C | 1.1% | 20 ppm | [45] |
| SnO2–PANI | RT | 3.1% | 4 ppm | [46] |
| TiO2/rGO | RT | 11.14% | 5 ppm | [47] |
| NiO–SnO2 | 180 °C | 8.3% | 50 ppm | [48] |
| TiO2 | 200 °C | 11% | 10 ppm | [49] |
| ZnO | RT | 0.2% | 100 ppm | [50] |
| WO3–PANI | RT | 4.3% | 5 ppm | [51] |
| Ni–MoS2 | RT | 7.4% | 5 ppm | [52] |
| V2O5/SnO2 | 350 °C | 45% | 5 ppm | [53] |
| V-doped TiO2 | 400 °C | 10% | 10 ppm | [54] |
| GO | RT | 6% | 5 ppm | [55] |
| PANI | RT | 4.2% | 10 ppm | [56] |
| g-C3N4/SnSe2 | 200 °C | 28.9% | 20 ppm | This work |
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Zhang, H.; Pan, Q.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, D. High-Performance Sulfur Dioxide Gas Sensor Based on Graphite-Phase Carbon-Nitride-Functionalized Tin Diselenide Nanorods Composite. Chemosensors 2022, 10, 401. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors10100401
Zhang H, Pan Q, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang D. High-Performance Sulfur Dioxide Gas Sensor Based on Graphite-Phase Carbon-Nitride-Functionalized Tin Diselenide Nanorods Composite. Chemosensors. 2022; 10(10):401. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors10100401
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Hao, Qiannan Pan, Yating Zhang, Yanting Zhang, and Dongzhi Zhang. 2022. "High-Performance Sulfur Dioxide Gas Sensor Based on Graphite-Phase Carbon-Nitride-Functionalized Tin Diselenide Nanorods Composite" Chemosensors 10, no. 10: 401. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors10100401
APA StyleZhang, H., Pan, Q., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., & Zhang, D. (2022). High-Performance Sulfur Dioxide Gas Sensor Based on Graphite-Phase Carbon-Nitride-Functionalized Tin Diselenide Nanorods Composite. Chemosensors, 10(10), 401. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors10100401

