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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Metal Oxide Based Heterojunctions for Gas Sensors: A Review.

Shulin Yang, Gui Lei, Huoxi Xu, Zhigao Lan, Zhao Wang, Haoshuang Gu

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Synergistic Enhancement of Chemiresistive NOSensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  11. Gas-Sensing Performance of Metal Oxide Heterojunction Materials for SFInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  14. Mechanochemical Synthesis of TiOSensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  15. Structure Effect on the Response of ZnGaNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  17. Nanometer-Thick ZnO/SnOACS applied nano materials · 2022
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  18. Hydrothermal Synthesis of Hierarchical SnONanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  19. The Heterostructures of CuO and SnOSensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Shulin YangHubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Application of Catalytic Materials, School of Physics and Electronic Information, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang 438000, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1651-712X
Gui LeiHubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Application of Catalytic Materials, School of Physics and Electronic Information, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang 438000, China.
Huoxi XuHubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Application of Catalytic Materials, School of Physics and Electronic Information, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang 438000, China.
Zhigao LanHubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Application of Catalytic Materials, School of Physics and Electronic Information, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang 438000, China.
Zhao WangHubei Key Laboratory of Ferro & Piezoelectric Materials and Devices, Faculty of Physics and Electronic Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0147-6054
Haoshuang GuHubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Application of Catalytic Materials, School of Physics and Electronic Information, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang 438000, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1232-2499

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 51802109 and 51972102
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The construction of heterojunctions has been widely applied to improve the gas sensing performance of composites composed of nanostructured metal oxides. This review summarises the recent progress on assembly methods and gas sensing behaviours of sensors based on nanostructured metal oxide heterojunctions. Various methods, including the hydrothermal method, electrospinning and chemical vapour deposition, have been successfully employed to establish metal oxide heterojunctions in the sensing materials. The sensors composed with the built nanostructured heterojunctions were found to show enhanced gas sensing performance with higher sensor responses and shorter response times to the targeted reducing or oxidising gases compare with those of the pure metal oxides. Moreover, the enhanced gas sensing mechanisms of the metal oxide-based heterojunctions to the reducing or oxidising gases are also discussed, with the main emphasis on the important role of the potential barrier on the accumulation layer.

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gas sensorheterojunctionsmetal oxidereviewsensing mechanism

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PMID33920589
PMCPMC8073732

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