Chin. Phys. Lett.  2011, Vol. 28 Issue (4): 040701    DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/28/4/040701
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Influence of Fabricating Process on Gas Sensing Properties of ZnO Nanofiber-Based Sensors
XU Lei, WANG Rui**, LIU Yong, DONG Liang
School of Textiles, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300160
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XU Lei, WANG Rui, LIU Yong et al  2011 Chin. Phys. Lett. 28 040701
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Abstract ZnO nanofibers are synthesized by an electrospinning method and characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Two types of gas sensors are fabricated by loading these nanofibers as the sensing materials and their performances are investigated in detail. Compared with the sensors based on traditional ceramic tubes with Au electrodes (traditional sensors), the sensors fabricated by spinning ZnO nanofibers on ceramic planes with Ag-Pd electrodes (plane sensors) exhibit much higher sensing properties. The sensitivity for the plane sensors is about 30 to 100 ppm ethanol at 300 °C, while the value is only 13 for the traditional sensors. The response and recovery times are about 2 and 3 s for the plane sensors and are 3 and 6 s for the traditional sensors, respectively. Lower minimum-detection-limit is also found for the plane sensors. These improvements are explained by considering the morphological damage in the fabricating process for traditional sensors. The results suggest that the plane sensors are more suitable to sensing investigation for higher veracity.
Keywords: 07.07.Df      82.47.Rs     
Received: 05 November 2010      Published: 29 March 2011
PACS:  07.07.Df (Sensors (chemical, optical, electrical, movement, gas, etc.); remote sensing)  
  82.47.Rs (Electrochemical sensors)  
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