Liquefied Petroleum Gas Sensing Properties of ZnO/PPy/PbS QDs Nanocomposite Prepared by Self-Assembly Combining With SILAR Method

In this paper, a high-performance liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sensor based on zinc oxide/polypyrrole/lead sulfide quantum dots (ZnO/PPy/PbS QDs) nanocomposite film was demonstrated, which was fabricated by layer-by-layer self-assembly and successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction technique. The nanostructure features of the as-prepared ZnO/PPy/PbS nanocomposite film were confirmed by various characterization techniques. The room temperature gas-sensing investigation of the ZnO/PPy/PbS QDs nanocomposite sensor was performed against LPG gas in a wide concentration range. The experimental results showed an outstanding response for LPG sensing at room temperature compared with previous reports, the response can reach 45.47% at 1000 ppm LPG. And it also demonstrated good selectivity and excellent repeatability. The sensing mechanism of the PPy/ZnO/PbS QDs nanocomposite film gas sensor is owing to the p-n heterojunction created at the ZnO/PPy interface, as well as much more active adsorption sites.