"In-situ construction of direct Z-scheme NiO/Bi2MoO6 heterostructure ar" by Wufei Gong, Shenman Yao et al.
 

In-situ construction of direct Z-scheme NiO/Bi2MoO6 heterostructure arrays with enhanced room temperature ether sensing properties under visible light irradiation

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-15-2023

Abstract

Light irradiation has emerged as a promising strategy to promote room temperature sensing of resistive-type semiconductor gas sensors recently. However, high recombination rate of photo-generated carriers and poor visible light response of conventional semiconductor sensing materials have greatly limited the further performance improvement. It is urgent to develop gas sensing materials with high photo-generated carrier separation efficiency and excellent visible light response. Herein, a novel direct Z-scheme NiO/Bi2MoO6 heterostructure arrays were designed and in-situ constructed on alumina flat substrate to form thin film sensors, which realized excellent room temperature gas response towards ether under irradiation of visible light for the first time, together with excellent stability and selectivity. Based on density functional theory calculation and experimental characterization, it was demonstrated that the construction of Z-scheme heterostructure could greatly promote the separation of photo-generated carriers and adsorption of ether. Moreover, the excellent visible light response characteristics of NiO/Bi2MoO6 could improve the utilization of visible light. In addition, the in-situ construction of array structure could avoid a series of problems caused by the conventional thick film devices. The work not only provides a promising guideline for Z-scheme heterostructure arrays in promoting the room temperature sensing performance of semiconductors gas sensors under visible light irradiation, but also clarifies the gas sensing mechanism of Z-scheme heterostructure at the atomic and electronic level.

Identifier

85162845075 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Journal of Hazardous Materials

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131936

e-ISSN

18733336

ISSN

03043894

PubMed ID

37385099

Volume

458

Grant

JXJG-22-24-2

Fund Ref

National Natural Science Foundation of China

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