Hydrothermal synthesis and gas sensing properties of WO3radical dotH2O with different morphologies

WO3radical dotH2O with different morphologies were synthesized through hydrothermal method by adding different surfactants. The effect of surfactants on tailing morphology was investigated through XRD and SEM analyses in detail and the possible formation mechanism was discussed. Furthermore, the gas-sensing performances of obtained samples to ethanol were investigated. The results revealed that the WO3radical dotH2O with the hierarchical architectures assembled by nanosheets shows the highest response to ethanol among four kinds of the nanostructures WO3. These results on the preparation, mechanism and gas sensing properties of WO3radical dotH2O nanostructures hold great potential for the syntheses of oxide materials with novel nanostructures and their applications.