Citation: Yan Li, Dong-Li Li, Jin-Cheng Liu. Optical and gas sensing properties of mesoporous hollow ZnO microspheres fabricated via a solvothermal method[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2015, 26(3): 304-308. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2014.12.002 shu

Optical and gas sensing properties of mesoporous hollow ZnO microspheres fabricated via a solvothermal method

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a College of Science, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, China;
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b Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hai Nan University, Hainan 570228, China

Corresponding author: Yan Li,
Received Date: 19 September 2014
Available Online: 2 November 2014
Fund Project: and the Significant Preresearch Funds of Civil Aviation University of China (No. 3122013P001). (No. 61079010)

Mesoporous, hollow ZnO microspheres were synthesized via a hydrothermal method, using glycerol and zinc acetate as the starting materials. XRD and FESEM analysis showed that the surface morphology of the spheres with a Wurtzite structure could be reasonably adjusted by varying the weight ratio (Rw) of Zn(CH₃COO)₂ 2H₂O:H₂O:C₃H₈O₃. The responses of the gas sensor based on the spheres to 100 ppm ethanol and 100 ppm acetone are 18.9 and 10.4, respectively. The response and recovery times of the sensor to ethanol and acetone are 2 s and 3 s, 3 s and 5 s, respectively. The hollow spheres show an intense UV emission at 392 nm and a broad blue-green emission at 488 nm. Interestingly, a light trapping phenomenon is revealed by UV emission and scattering measurements on the microspheres, which can be attributed to the mesoporous shell and hollow structure of the microsphere.
- Zinc oxide,
- Microsphere,
- Optical properties,
- Gas sensing
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