Blooming, semi-blooming and porous semi-blooming SnO2 nanoflowers were prepared via facile hydrothermal conditions.
The three nanosheet-assembled hierarchical SnO2 nanostructures were applied to test the ethanol gas-sensing performances.
It is found that the sufficient amount of gas diffusion matters for the gas sensing rather than the fast gas diffusion speed.
Gas-sensing mechanism was discussed in detail.
The mesoporous semi-blooming nanoflowers based sensor was applied to monitor the existence of beer by using a simple integrated device.