Visible-Light-Assisted HCHO Gas Sensing Based on Fe-Doped Flowerlike ZnO at Room Temperature

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• 作者：Lina Han ; DeJun Wang ; Yongchun Lu ; Tengfei Jiang ; Bingkun Liu ; Yanhong Lin
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：November 24, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：115
• 期：46
• 页码：22939-22944
• 全文大小：968K
• 年卷期：v.115,no.46(November 24, 2011)
• ISSN：1932-7455

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In this work, Fe-doped flowerlike ZnO powders with various doping contents were successfully fabricated by a hydrothermal method. The results of X-ray diffraction and UV鈥搗is DRS spectra revealed that the Fe ions have been successfully doped into the crystal lattice of the ZnO host structure, and the optical absorption response of Fe-doped ZnO was extended into the visible region for the incorporation of Fe ions. The room-temperature photoelectric gas sensing of formaldehyde (HCHO) based on the Fe-doped ZnO was also studied under 532 nm light irradiation provided by a green laser pointer. It was found that the as-prepared Fe-doped ZnO samples showed excellent sensitivity, in which the gas response to 5 and 100 ppm formaldehyde can reach to 22% and 287% under 532 nm light irradiation at room temperature, respectively. The sensing mechanism of the obvious visible-light-induced photoelectric gas sensing was discussed with the help of surface photovoltage measurement. Our results demonstrated that visible light irradiation was a promising approach to achieving a large response for gas sensors at room temperature. This work will pave a way for the development of a low-cost practical gas sensor.