Supplementary Materials:
CuO-Decorated ZnO Hierarchical Nanostructures as Efficient
and Established Sensing Materials for H 2S Gas Sensors
Nguyen Minh Vuong, 1,2 Nguyen Duc Chinh, 3 Bui The Huy, 1 Yong-Ill Lee*,1
1
Department of Chemistry, Changwon National University, Changwon 641-773, Republic of
Korea
2
Department of Physics, Quy Nhon University, 170 An Duong Vuong, Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh,
Vietnam
3
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon,
305-764 Republic of Korea
Corresponding authors: *Yong-Ill Lee: [email protected]
1. Photoluminescence spectrum of ZnO-H structure
Figure S1. SEM image (a) and Gaussian fitted curves of emission bands (b) of the ZnO-H
nanostructure prepared on a glass substrate
2. Morphology and structural properties of CuO nanowire structure
Figure S2. SEM images of CuO nanowire structures with deposition times of 8 min (a) and
2 min (b). Inset images show high-magnification SEM. XRD pattern of CuO (8
min) nanowire structure.
3. Electrical and H2S gas-sensing properties of CuO nanowire
structures
Figure S3. (a) Dependence of the resistance and the sensitivity (R f/Ri) towards 5 ppm H2S
gas of CuO (8 min) nanowire sensor on different working temperatures. (b)
Gas-sensing properties of CuO nanowires with the deposition times of 8 min
(black curve) and 2 min (red curve) upon exposure to 5 ppm H 2S gas at
working temperature of 200 C.
4. Response and recovery properties of ZnO-H and ZnO/CuO-H
structures
Figure S4. Logarithmic dependence of (a) (1 – g/gmax) and (b) g/gmax on the time to
obtain the reaction time constants at different working temperatures of the
ZnO-H structure sensor. Logarithmic dependence of (c) (1 – g/gmax) and (d)
g/gmax on the time to obtain the reaction time constants at different working
temperatures of the ZnO/CuO-H structure sensor.
Figure S5. Dependence of the response and recovery times on different working
temperatures of sensors based on ZnO-H and ZnO/CuO-H (5 mM) structures
upon exposure to 5 ppm H2S.