Effect of Cation Substitution on the Gas-Sensing Performances of Ternary Spinel MCo2O4 (M = Mn, Ni, and Zn) Multishelled Hollow Twin Spheres

Advanced sensing materials are in high demand for sensitive, real-time, and continuous detection of gas molecules for gas sensors, which have been becoming an effective tool for environmental monitoring and disease diagnosis. Cobalt-containing spinel oxides are promising sensing materials for the ga...

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Published in:ACS applied materials & interfaces 2019-08, Vol.11 (31), p.28023-28032
Main Authors: Zhou, Tingting, Cao, Shuang, Zhang, Rui, Tu, Jinchun, Fei, Teng, Zhang, Tong
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Language:English
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Summary:Advanced sensing materials are in high demand for sensitive, real-time, and continuous detection of gas molecules for gas sensors, which have been becoming an effective tool for environmental monitoring and disease diagnosis. Cobalt-containing spinel oxides are promising sensing materials for the gas-sensing reaction owing to their element abundance and remarkable activity. Structural and component properties can be modulated to optimize the sensing performances by substituting Co with other transition metals. Herein, a systematic study of spinel MCo2O4 oxides (M = Mn, Ni, and Zn) toward gas sensing is presented. Results show that ZnCo2O4 materials with a multishelled hollow twin-sphere structure obtained excellent sensing performances to formaldehyde and acetone at different temperatures. The replacement of Co with Zn in the lattice improves the oxygen-chemisorbing ability, which allows new opportunities to synthesize and design highly sensitive chemical sensors.
ISSN:1944-8244
1944-8252
DOI:10.1021/acsami.9b07546