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Nitric oxide (NO) is a very well-known indoor pollutant, and high concentrations of it in the atmosphere lead to acid rain. Thus, there is great demand for NO sensors that have the ability to work at room temperature. In this work, NiO/SnO2 heterostructures have been prepared via the polyol process and were tested against different concentrations o...
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... contrast, there is a notable increase in the crystallite size at the annealing temperature of 900 • C, which, in combination with the increase in the number of different crystallographic planes formed at this temperature (Table 1), confirms the high crystallinity of the heterostructure. The surface morphology of the heterostructure was investigated via scanning electron microscopy, the images of which are presented in Figure 3a-f. From these, the two different materials, NiO and SnO 2 , can be distinguished, indicating the formation of the heterostructure. ...
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... is obvious that the heterostructure that was prepared at pH = 8 shows a greater response than that with pH = 6. Moreover, the response of the former increased at a higher rate than the latter, indicating that the pH affects the response to NO gas, probably due to higher porosity (Figure 3f) that appeared to have the heterostructure that was prepared at pH = 8. The structural parameters, such as crystallite size, play a major role in gas sensing performance. ...
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Self-assembled bicontinuous NiO:SnO2 films are proposed for enhanced photoelectrochemical hydrogen production efficiency due to their high interface-to-volume ratio and three-dimensional interconnectivity. The X-ray diffraction confirms the superior crystallinity of the bicontinuous NiO:SnO2 films. Bicontinuous NiO:SnO2 films reveal a heterostructure of mixed NiO and SnO2 phases, where the NiO phase exhibits the distribution of small grains, whereas the SnO2 phase exhibits large agglomerates of SnO2 crystals embedded in the NiO structure. The bicontinuous NiO:SnO2 films exhibit lower bandgap energy and higher electrical conductivity compared to pure NiO and pure SnO2 films. The photoresponsivity of the bicontinuous oxide films is higher than pure NiO and pure SnO2 films. These results imply the presence of strong charge interactions at the three-dimensional interfaces in bicontinuous NiO:SnO2 films. The hydrogen revolution reaction analysis confirms that the bicontinuous NiO:SnO2 films exhibit higher photoelectrocatalyst hydrogen production activity compared to pure NiO and pure SnO2 films.
The outstanding properties exhibited by the p-type NiO nanostructures can be greatly affected by morpho-structural and defect characteristics with constructive or competing effects. We have conducted an in-depth study on NiO nanoparticles obtained by hydrothermal synthesis and submitted to various thermal treatments, to monitor the evolution of their structural properties and the effect of the thermal history on their CO sensing. Correlated electron paramagnetic resonance and analytical transmission electron microscopy investigations evidenced an amount of up to 1 % metallic nickel clusters close to surface in the NiO nanoparticles calcined at 400 °C and 500 °C for 8 h. Subsequent annealing in vacuum and in air of the sample calcined at 400 °C resulted in different size distributions and morphology of the NiO nanoparticles and an increase/decrease of the nickel phase, respectively. Comparative CO sensing tests on the two pristine samples and on the sample calcined at 400 °C and further annealed in air at 500 °C for 2 h showed an increase in the baseline resistance of the later due to the decrease of free charge carriers induced by the dissolution of the nickel clusters. The overall CO sensing results show a strong dependence on the samples thermal history.