Abstract
Amorphous/crystalline heterophase engineering is emerging as an attractive strategy to adjust the properties and functions of nanomaterials. Here, we reveal a heterophase interface role by precisely tailoring the crystalline Pt coverage density on an amorphous Ru surface (cPt/aRu) for ultrasensitive H2S detection. We found that when the atomic ratio of Pt/Ru increased from 10 to 50%, the loading modes of Pt changed from island coverage (1cPt/aRu) to cross-linkable coverage (3cPt/aRu) and further to dense coverage (5cPt/aRu). The differences in coverage models further regulate the chemical adsorption of H2S on Pt and the electronic transformation process on Ru, which can be proved by ex situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy experiments. Notably, a special cross-linkable coverage 3cPt/aRu on ZnO shows the best gas-sensitive performance, in which the operating temperature reduces from 240 to 160 °C compared with pristine ZnO and the selectivity coefficient for H2S gas improves from ∼1.2 to ∼4.6. This is mainly benefit from the maximized exposure of the amorphous/crystalline heterophase interface. Our work thus provides a new platform for future applications of amorphous/crystalline heterogeneous nanostructures in gas sensors and catalysis.
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