Synthesis and Enhanced Acetone-sensing Properties of Ordered Large-pore Mesoporous Nickel Oxides with Ultrathin Crystalline Frameworks

doi:10.1007/s40242-024-4054-0

Abstract

Abstract: Acetone is a tracer for monitoring air quality and a potential breath maker for diabetes. It remains a great challenge for current portable sensors to sensitively and selectively detect acetone at low-ppb (parts per billion) level. Herein, we present an ordered mesoporous nickel oxide (NiO) with both large mesopores and ultrathin crystalline frameworks for the detection of low-ppb acetone. The ordered mesoporous NiO replicas with predominant large mesopores of 11 nm, high specific surface areas of 121—128 m²/g and ultrathin crystalline frameworks of 5 nm were synthesized by the nanocasting method and the crystalline properties of NiO frameworks were adjusted by changing the annealing temperature from 300 ℃ to 750 ℃, which resulted in different contents of oxygen deficient on the surface of ultrathin frameworks. The gas-sensing properties for all the NiO samples were investigated and the ordered large-pore mesoporous NiO (NiO-600) with maximum oxygen deficient obtained at 600 ℃ exhibited the highest response (R_gas/R_air-1=2.9) toward acetone (1 ppm, ppm: parts per million), which is 3.4 and 30 times larger than those for common mesoporous NiO obtained at 300 ℃ and bulk NiO. Notably, a low detection limit (2 ppb), good selectivity and cycling stability were also observed in NiO-600.

Key words: Mesoporous semiconductor, NiO, Gas sensing, Acetone

SHAO Chen, GUO Ru, LI Hui, WANG Xiaozhong, YANG Qingfeng, LAI Xiaoyong. Synthesis and Enhanced Acetone-sensing Properties of Ordered Large-pore Mesoporous Nickel Oxides with Ultrathin Crystalline Frameworks[J]. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, 2024, 40(3): 521-528.

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