Abstract:
Homo heterojunction or hetero heterojunction will form at the surface of two kinds of different semiconductor due to the difference of electronic affinity and band gap width. The interface carrier mobility can be improved by means of Fermi level effect at interface of heterojunction, which improves the gas sensitivity perfor-mance of gas sensor. The coaxial heterocomposite In
2O
3/SnO
2 nanofibers were fabricated by a self-designed multilayer coaxial electrospinning device. The bigger In
2O
3 nanoparticles on the outer layer of In
2O
3/SnO
2 fibers grow on the surface of the SnO
2 nanoparticles on the inner layer of In
2O
3/SnO
2 fiber, which forms the hollow hierarchical fiber structure. N-N homo-heterojunctions interface between of In
2O
3 and SnO
2 nanoparticles will enhance electron mobility, surface activity and the content of adsorption oxygen, which will improve the adsorption capacity of In
2O
3/SnO
2 sensor to formaldehyde. The response of coaxial hetero-nanofiber In
2O
3/SnO
2 sensor is 14.12×10
-6 to 50 ×10
-6 formaldehyde, are 3.22 times, 3.84 times and 1.51 times of that of SnO
2, In
2O
3 and mixed hetero-nanofiber In
2O
3/SnO
2 sensor at 250℃. The coaxial hetero-nanofiber In
2O
3/SnO
2 sensor also shows excellent cross-selectivity to formaldehyde, ethanol, acetone, ammonia, toluene and methanol. The coaxial hetero composite synthesized by coaxial electrospinning has application potential and development prospect to improve semiconductor function device.