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Gas-sensing properties and in situ diffuse-reflectance Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy study of diethyl ether adsorption and reactions on SnO2/rGO film

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Jian Song ,
Kaijin Huang  and
Ning Wang
Jian Song
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
Kaijin Huang*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China; and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
Ning Wang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: huangkaijin@hust.edu.cn
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Abstract

Diethyl ether is widely used in the fields of diesel engines, agriculture, food, chemical, biological, pharmaceutical, and medical industries. It is necessary to carry out real-time monitoring of this molecule due to its harmful effects on human health. In this study, a highly sensitive SnO2/rGO gas-sensing material has been prepared by a hydrothermal method. The surface adsorption and reaction processes between the SnO2/rGO gas-sensing film and diethyl ether have been studied by the in situ diffuse-reflectance Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy at different temperatures. The results show that the SnO2/rGO gas-sensing material has high sensitivity to diethyl ether, and the lowest detection limit can reach 1 ppm, and that ethyl $\left( {{\rm{C}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{3}}}\mathop {{\rm{C}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{2}}}}\nolimits^ \cdot } \right)$, oxethyl $\left( {{\rm{C}}{{\rm{H}}_{\rm{3}}}{\rm{C}}{{\rm{H}}_2}{{\rm{O}}^ \cdot }} \right)$, ethanol (CH3CH2OH), formaldehyde (HCHO), acetaldehyde (CH3CHO), ethylene (C2H4), H2O, and CO2 surface species are formed during diethyl ether adsorption at different temperatures. A possible mechanism of the reaction process is discussed.

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gas sensitivitySnO2/rGO filmin situ DIRFTSdiethyl ether
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 31 , Issue 14 , 28 July 2016 , pp. 2035 - 2045
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Contributing Editor: José A. Varela

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