Mechanism for acetone sensing property of Pd-loaded SnO2 nanofibers prepared by electrospinning: Fermi-level effects
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论文类型:期刊论文
发表时间:2015-03-01
发表刊物:JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
收录刊物:Scopus、EI、SCIE
卷号:50
期号:6
页面范围:2605-2615
ISSN号:0022-2461
摘要:Undoped and Pd-loaded SnO2 nanofibers with various Pd loading concentrations from 1.0 to 2.0 mol% had been synthesized by electrospinning with appropriate annealing process subsequently. The morphologies and nanocrystalline structures of the nanofibers were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis-differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and N-2 physical adsorption. The sensing properties of undoped and Pd-loaded SnO2 nanofibers were compared. The gas sensing results showed that 1.5 mol% Pd-loaded SnO2 nanofibers got a best response to acetone at lower operating temperature of 275 A degrees C among all the Pd-loaded SnO2 nanofibers. The enhanced acetone response of Pd-loaded SnO2 nanofibers may be correlated with the "Fermi-level effects" of Pd catalysts.
