Issue 21, 2024

CuO nanostructure-decorated InGaN nanorods for selective H2S gas detection

Abstract

Establishing a heterostructure is one of the adequate strategies for enhancing device performance and has been explored in sensing, and energy applications. In this study, we constructed a heterostructure through a two-step process involving hydrothermal synthesis of CuO nanostructures and subsequent spin coating on MBE-grown InGaN NRs. We found that the CuO content on the InGaN NRs has a great impact on carrier injection at the heterojunction and thus the H2S gas sensing performance. Popcorn CuO/InGaN NR shows excellent gas sensing performance towards different concentrations of H2S at room temperature. The highest response is up to 35.54% to a H2S concentration of 100 ppm. Even more significantly, this response is further enhanced significantly (123.70%) under 365 nm UV light. In contrast, this composite structure exhibits negligibly low responses to 100 ppm of NO2, H2, CO, and NH3. The heterostructure band model associated with a surface reaction model is manifested to elucidate the sensing mechanism.

Graphical abstract: CuO nanostructure-decorated InGaN nanorods for selective H2S gas detection

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Dec 2023
Accepted
24 Apr 2024
First published
16 May 2024

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024,26, 15530-15538

CuO nanostructure-decorated InGaN nanorods for selective H2S gas detection

C. Thota, C. Gangadhara, D. Radhalayam, R. Singiri, N. Bak, P. Kondaiah, C. Ningappa, R. Maddaka and M. Kim, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 15530 DOI: 10.1039/D3CP06318F

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