1. Morphological Evolution Induced through a Heterojunction of W-Decorated NiO Nanoigloos: Synergistic Effect on High-Performance Gas Sensors
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Byeong Kwon Ju, Jong Min Yuk, Young Geun Song, Young Seok Shim, Gwang Su Kim, Seung Yeop Yi, Chong Yun Kang, Sangtae Kim, Jae Yeol Park, Ho Won Jang, and Jun Min Suh
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Nanostructure ,Materials science ,Non-blocking I/O ,Oxygen transport ,Heterojunction ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Catalysis ,Chemical physics ,Lattice (order) ,Rough surface ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,Selectivity - Abstract
Morphological evolution accompanying a surface roughening and preferred orientation is an effective way to realize a high-performance gas sensor because of its significant potential as a chemical catalyst through chemical potentials and atomic energy states. In this work, we investigated a heterojunction of double-side-W-decorated NiO nanoigloos fabricated through radio frequency sputtering and a soft-template method. Interestingly, a morphological evolution characterized by a pyramidal rough surface and the preferred orientation of the (111) plane was observed upon decorating the bare NiO nanoigloos with W. The underlying mechanism of the morphological evolution was precisely demonstrated based on the van der Drift competitive growth model originating from the oxygen transport and chemical strain in the lattice. The gas sensing properties of W-decorated NiO show an excellent NO2 response and selectivity when compared to other gases. In addition, high response stability was evaluated under interference ga...
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- 2019