Detection of hazardous volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by metal oxide nanostructures-based gas sensors: A review

A Mirzaei, SG Leonardi, G Neri - Ceramics international, 2016 - Elsevier
Since the sensing capability of semiconducting metal oxides was demonstrated in the
1960s, solid state gas sensors based on these materials have attracted considerable …

Semiconductor metal oxides as chemoresistive sensors for detecting volatile organic compounds

T Lin, X Lv, Z Hu, A Xu, C Feng - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which originate from painting, oil refining and vehicle
exhaust emissions, are hazardous gases that have significant effects on air quality and …

Highly sensitive and low detection limit of ethanol gas sensor based on hollow ZnO/SnO2 spheres composite material

J Liu, T Wang, B Wang, P Sun, Q Yang, X Liang… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Heterostructure ZnO/SnO 2 composites material with a hollow nanostructure was
synthesized by solution method. The obtained products were characterized by X-ray …

Approaches to enhancing gas sensing properties: A review

Z Yuan, R Li, F Meng, J Zhang, K Zuo, E Han - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
A gas nanosensor is an instrument that converts the information of an unknown gas
(species, concentration, etc.) into other signals (for example, an electrical signal) according …

Synthesis of SnO2–ZnO heterostructured nanofibers for enhanced ethanol gas-sensing performance

SH Yan, SY Ma, WQ Li, XL Xu, L Cheng… - Sensors and actuators B …, 2015 - Elsevier
SnO 2–ZnO hetero-nanofibers were fabricated by a facile electrospinning method and
calcination in this study. The SnO 2–ZnO nanofibers were characterized by scanning …

Nanometer-Thick ZnO/SnO2 Heterostructures Grown on Alumina for H2S Sensing

M Akbari-Saatlu, M Procek, C Mattsson… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Designing heterostructure materials at the nanoscale is a well-known method to enhance
gas sensing performance. In this study, a mixed solution of zinc chloride and tin (II) chloride …

Conductometric ethanol gas sensor based on a bilayer film consisting of SnO2 film and SnO2/ZnSnO3 porous film prepared by magnetron sputtering

H Cao, Z Hu, X Wei, H Wang, X Tian, S Ding - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2023 - Elsevier
As one important type of the sensing material, the metal oxide film can realize accurate
detection to the low concentration of ethanol. In this paper, a double-layer nano film was …

Highly Sensitive and Selective Ethanol Sensor Based on ZnO Nanorod on SnO2 Thin Film Fabricated by Spray Pyrolysis

T Tharsika, M Thanihaichelvan, A Haseeb… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
This work reports the fabrication of mixed structure of ZnO nanorod on SnO2 thin film via
spray pyrolysis followed by thermal annealing and their gas sensing properties. ZnO/SnO2 …

Variation of shell thickness in ZnO-SnO2 core-shell nanowires for optimizing sensing behaviors to CO, C6H6, and C7H8 gases

JH Kim, A Mirzaei, HW Kim, SS Kim - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2020 - Elsevier
ZnO-SnO 2 core-shell nanowires (CS NWs) with different shell thicknesses (0–120 nm) were
prepared and their sensing behavior was systematically studied. ZnO-SnO 2 CS NWs were …

Characterization of a hybrid composite of SnO 2 nanocrystal-decorated reduced graphene oxide for ppm-level ethanol gas sensing application

D Zhang, J Liu, H Chang, A Liu, B Xia - Rsc Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper demonstrated a hybrid composite of tin oxide–reduced graphene oxide (rGO) for
ppm-level detection of ethanol vapour. A facile and low-cost method of hydrothermal …