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Yulin Zhu1, Yan Liang2, Jianxian You1
1Jiangxi Laboratory of Micro/nanomaterials and Sensing Engineering, Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Hydrogen and Advanced Catalysis, School of Physics, Communication and Electronics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, P.R. China.
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The resistive gas sensors based on semiconductor materials provide an effective strategy for the detection of harmful gases. However, the limitations of surface gas adsorption activity and interface charge transfer efficiency of semiconductor sensing materials, as well as the complex device fabrication process, pose significant challenges to the development of sensors. Here, a ternary Co3O4/ZnIn2S4/Pt heterostructure arrays gas sensor is designed, which consists of Co3O4 nanowire arrays grown in situ on an alumina flat substrate as backbones, ultrathin ZnIn2S4 nanosheets wrapped around the surface of Co3O4 nanowires, and highly dispersed Pt nanoparticles on the outermost layer. It enables superior sensing performance for the detection of the volatile organic compound triethylamine, which exhibits a significant response of ∼118.97 (Ra/Rg) toward 100 ppm of triethylamine at a relatively low working temperature of 200 °C, along with excellent response/recovery speed, selectivity, and enduring stability (over 3 months). Based on first-principles calculation and a series of spectroscopic characterization (including in situ spectroscopy), it is revealed that the heterostructure arrays exhibited enhanced adsorption activity for both oxygen and triethylamine molecules. Most importantly, the robust p-n heterointerface (Co3O4/ZnIn2S4) and semiconductor-metal heterointerface (Co3O4/Pt, ZnIn2S4/Pt) are formed in the ternary heterostructure, achieving efficient multi-interface charge transfer characteristics. In addition, thanks to the design of in situ 1D/2D/0D porous array structures, the ternary Co3O4/ZnIn2S4/Pt heterostructure arrays not only have large specific surface areas for gas reaction but also simplify device manufacturing. This research offers novel perspectives on boosting the gas sensing performance of semiconductor materials through the comprehensive design of ternary heterostructures with robust multi-interfaces.
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