Abstract
Tin oxide microspheres were successfully obtained through a facile hydrothermal method without any polymer templates or surfactant. The as-synthesized SnO2 microspheres are composed of large amount of small spheres with average diameters of about 250nm, and every small sphere consists of numerous primary nanocrystallites with average sizes of about 8nm. The resultant product was used as sensing material for gas sensor to detect the formaldehyde (HCHO) gas. The gas response, response and recovery time, selectivity and stability were carefully studied. It was found that the response value of the sensor to 100ppm HCHO was 38.3 at the operating temperature of 200°C. The gas sensor based on SnO2 microspheres has excellent gas response, good response-recovery properties, linear dependence, repeatability and selectivity, making it to be a promising candidate for practical detectors for HCHO.
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