Nanosized SnO2 with mesoporous structure was synthesized using biotemplate Stahlianthus involucratus leaves.
The average crystallite size is about 8 ± 0.5 nm.
The products present a high specific surface area of 95.4 m2/g and a mesoporous structure with the pore size of 9.6 nm.
This mesoporous SnO2 exhibit highly sensitive and selective to n-butanol.