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Shangyan Wang1,2,3, Mengjie Wang1,2,3, Junkai Shao1,2,3
1School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Electronic Materials and Devices, Hebei University of Technology, 5340 Xiping Road, Beichen District, Tianjin 300401, China.
Abstract:
In this study, the W-doped Nickel oxide (NiO) nanoflowers were synthesized using a straightforward hydrothermal method, significantly enhancing the sensing performance toward triethylamine through dual-functional tungsten doping. The optimal doping concentration not only increased the specific surface area of NiO from 25.54 to 189.19 m2 g-1 but also reduced the formation energy of oxygen vacancies. The sensor containing 4 at % W-doped NiO demonstrated exceptional sensitivity to triethylamine, achieving a detection level as high as 229.0 for concentrations of 100 ppm at 237.5 °C. This triethylamine sensor represents a 135-fold enhancement over sensors fabricated from undoped NiO, and offers a rapid response/recovery time of 8 and 30 s, respectively. Furthermore, at a lower triethylamine concentration of 50 ppb, indicating a lower detection limit.
