Physics

Relative humidity

Nanotechnology

Organic chemistry

Porosity

Composite number

Electrospinning

Engineering

Catalysis

Composite material

Chemistry

Materials science

Tube (container)

Triethylamine

Chemical engineering

Fiber

Polymer

Non-blocking I/O

Nanofiber

Thermodynamics

ACS Sensors

Designing high-performance triethylamine gas sensors with the stable gas response and low resistance variation in air under a wide relative humidity range is expected for human health and environmental surveillance. Here, a novel porous NiO/NiFe2O4 fiber-in-tube nanostructure is prepared by the electrospinning process. The characterizations related to microstructure and surface morphology are carried out. Meanwhile, the gas sensing performance of the porous fiber-in-tube NiO/NiFe2O4 materials is evaluated and compared systematically. The results indicate that the introduction of NiO as the second component can not only reduce the baseline resistance of NiFe2O4 gas sensors dramatically but also optimize the gas sensing performance to a significant extent. Especially, the fabricated sensor based on the NiO/NiFe2O4 fiber-in-tube with a Ni/Fe molar ratio of 1.5 exhibits the best performance. The gas response while detecting 50 ppm triethylamine at 300 °C is about 3.6 times higher than that with Ni/Fe molar ratio of 0.5. Moreover, the response values become more stable, and the baseline resistance has a lower variation under a wide relative humidity range, demonstrating the excellent humidity resistance. These phenomena might be ascribed to the distinctive fiber-in-tube nanostructure as well as the heterojunction between NiFe2O4 and NiO.

Electrospinning Derived NiO/NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> Fiber-in-Tube Composite for Fast Triethylamine Detection under Different Humidity

Electrospinning Derived NiO/NiFe2O4 Fiber-in-Tube Composite for Fast Triethylamine Detection under Different Humidity

Electrospinning Derived NiO/NiFe₂O₄ Fiber-in-Tube Composite for Fast Triethylamine Detection under Different Humidity