Abstract

The development of low-temperature SnS2-based sensitive elements with unique surface adsorption and transport regulation for triethylamine (TEA) has always been an intractable challenge. In the present work, ultrathin SnS2/MnS microflowers with enhanced metallicity have been prepared by a facile one-step hydrothermal method, which is especially beneficial for achieving superior TEA-sensing performance under room temperature (RT) condition. Compared with pure SnS2, the SnS2/MnS-3 % can obviously exhibit higher responses of 17.85 and 23.67, faster response/recovery times of 165/506 and 156/344 s, and the enhanced gas selectivity and stability to 100 ppm TEA at 30 and 40 ℃, respectively. Taking account of density functional theory (DFT) calculation, the transformation of SnS2-based sensors from semiconductive to metallic nature plays a critical role of the enhanced gas-sensing behavior with the increased gas molecules absorption and electron transport efficiency, which can provide a new strategy for constructing novel and effective sulfide RT gas-sensing composites.

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