Nanocomposites of ZnO Nanorods In-Situ Grown on Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Ethanol Sensing

Fanli Meng; Xinyou Meng; Yuanlong Chang; Zhenyu Yuan; Hua Zhang; Medhat Ibrahim; Hanan Elhaes; Ibrahim Yahia; Hongliang Gao

doi:10.1109/JSEN.2020.2997788

Nanocomposites of ZnO Nanorods In-Situ Grown on Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Ethanol Sensing

Fanli Meng
, Xinyou Meng
, Yuanlong Chang
, Zhenyu Yuan
, Hua Zhang
, Medhat Ibrahim
, Hanan Elhaes
, Ibrahim Yahia
, Hongliang Gao

Northeastern University China
National Research Center
Ain Shams University
King Khalid University

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ZnO nanorods/graphitic carbon nitride nanocomposites were prepared using a two-step seed method. Characterizations including scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis confirmed that a well-designed 1D ZnO on 2D g-C3N4 nanostructure was achieved. Gas sensing test of the synthesized ZnO/g-C3N4 nanocomposites concluded that g-C3N4 essentially increased the sensitivity. The ZnO/g-C3N4 nanocomposite tend to perform better to ethanol than other volatile organic compounds. The detection mechanism of the ZnO nanorods on g-C3N4 has been discussed in detail.

Original language	English
Article number	9099859
Pages (from-to)	11097-11104
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Sensors Journal
Volume	20
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2020.2997788
State	Published - 1 Oct 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Nanocomposites
VOCs
ZnO/g-CN
sensing

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