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Aerosol-Assisted CVD-Grown PdO Nanoparticle-Decorated Tungsten Oxide Nanoneedles Extremely Sensitive and Selective to Hydrogen

VALLEJOS VARGAS, S.

Original Title

Aerosol-Assisted CVD-Grown PdO Nanoparticle-Decorated Tungsten Oxide Nanoneedles Extremely Sensitive and Selective to Hydrogen

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

We report for the first time the successful synthesis of palladium (Pd) nanoparticle (NP)-decorated tungsten trioxide (WO3) nanoneedles (NNs) via a two-step aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition approach. Morphological, structural, and elemental composition analysis revealed that a Pd(acac)(2) precursor was very suitable to decorate WO3 NNs with uniform and well-dispersed PdO NPs. Gas-sensing results revealed that decoration with PdO NPs led to an ultrasensitive and selective hydrogen (H-2) gas sensor (sensor response peaks at 1670 at 500 ppm of H-2) with low operating temperature (150 degrees C). The response of decorated NNs is 755 times higher than that of bare WO3 NNs. Additionally, at a temperature near that of the ambient temperature (50 degrees C), the response of this sensor toward the same concentration of H-2 was 23, which is higher than that of some promising sensors reported in the literature. Finally, humidity measurements showed that PdO/WO3 sensors displayed low-cross-sensitivity toward water vapor, compared to bare WO3 sensors. The addition of PdO NPs helps to minimize the effect of ambient humidity on the sensor response.

Keywords

aerosol-assisted CVD; nanoneedles; nanoparticles; gas sensor

Authors

VALLEJOS VARGAS, S.

Released

4. 4. 2016

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Location

WASHINGTON

ISBN

1944-8252

Periodical

ACS applied materials & interfaces

Year of study

8

Number

16

State

United States of America

Pages from

10413

Pages to

10421

Pages count

9

URL

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.6b00773

BibTex

@article{BUT170095,
  author="Stella {Vallejos Vargas}",
  title="Aerosol-Assisted CVD-Grown PdO Nanoparticle-Decorated Tungsten Oxide Nanoneedles Extremely Sensitive and Selective to Hydrogen",
  journal="ACS applied materials & interfaces",
  year="2016",
  volume="8",
  number="16",
  pages="10413--10421",
  doi="10.1021/acsami.6b00773",
  issn="1944-8252",
  url="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.6b00773"
}