Abstract
A series of high-response and fast-response/recovery n-butanol gas sensors was fabricated by adding ZnO to In2O3 in varying molar ratios to form ZnO-In2O3 nanocomposites via a facile co-precipitation hydrothermal method. Morphological characterizations revealed that the shape of pure In2O3 was changed from irregular cubes into irregular nanoparticles, 30–50 nm in size, with the addition of ZnO. Compared with the pure In2O3 gas sensor, the ZnO-In2O3 gas sensor exhibits superior n-butanol sensing performance. With the introduction of ZnO, the response of the sensor to n-butanol was improved from 17 to 99.5 at 180 °C for a [Zn]:[In] molar ratio of 1:1. In addition, the ZnO-In2O3 gas sensors show a reduced optimal working temperature, excellent selectivity to n-butanol, and good repeatability. The response of the ZnO-enhanced In2O3-based sensors showed a strong linear relationship with the n-butanol gas concentration, allowing for the quantitative detection of n-butanol gas.
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