Hollow gold nanoparticles in the formaldehyde gas sensor application.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 36 Hollow gold nanoparticles in the formaldehyde gas sensor application Study: Lv Xiangyu Li Cuiling Wangyu Jiang Su Yi Hua Kaifeng Liu Shiwei [Abstract] were synthesized at the expense of the template structure with a hollow nano-gold catalyst, and carried out TEM, SEM and XRD, and other physical characterization. To the catalyst as the working electrode active material, to 1 mol / L KOH as electrolyte, were assembled Current formaldehyde gas sensor. In the formaldehyde gas concentration 0 ~ 2.23 × 10-6 mol / L range of performance tests conducted on the sensor, the sensor response signal y (A and gas concentration x (mol / L linear regression equation is y = 16.63x +4.063 × 10-7, r = 0.9989. The sensitivity of the sensor higher than the load of solid gold catalyst about 70% of the sensor assembly, to the purpose of reducing the amount of precious metals. because of its faster response time, good reproducibility and good linearity, etc., can be used in an appropriate range of concentration of formaldehyde gas detection. [Keywords:] gas sensors, current, hollow structure, formaldehyde, gold nanoparticle Abstract The gold hollow nanospheres have been synthesized by sacrifice template method and the obtained sample has been characterized by TEM, SEM and XRD. The amperometric formaldehyde gas sensor was assembled with gold hollow nanospheres as the active electrode material and 1 mol / L KOH solution as electrolyte. The equation of linear regression (y = 16.63x +4.063 × 10-7, r = 0.9989between the oxidation current (y (A) and the concentration of formaldehyde (x / (mol / L was obtained at the formaldehyde concentration in the range of 0 to 2.23 × 10-6 mol / L. The sensitivity of the sensor with gold hollow nanospheres as active material increased by about 70% compared with the sensor made of nanoparticles which had the same gold loading in the work electrode, this method exhibits an advantage of decrease in the cost of the noble me