Abstract

Flower-like CuO/ZnO hierarchical structures were prepared via a flexible two-step synthesis method, in which nanorods-assembled flower-like ZnO microstructures with the diameter about 430–1680nm and the length about 3.6–8.8μm were prepared in advance through a chemical solution method, and then a frost-like layer of CuO nanoparticles (NPs) decorated on the surface of ZnO nanorods (NRs) via an ionic-layer adsorption and reaction method. Compared with pure ZnO NRs, the flower-like CuO-decorated ZnO NRs show an obvious improvement in gas sensing performance. The gas sensing mechanism of the CuO-decorated ZnO NRs was discussed in relation to the catalytic effect of CuO and the introduction of the p-n junction between CuO and ZnO.

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