Facile Design and Hydrothermal Synthesis of In2O3 Nanocube Polycrystals with Superior Triethylamine Sensing Properties.

Triethylamine (TEA), a typical kind of volatile organic compound, is widely used as an industrial solvent, which is a threat to environment and human health. In this paper, a novel In2O3 nanocube gas sensing material with high sensing performances was synthesized through a simple one-pot hydrothermal method. The gas sensing test results are satisfactory such that the single phase of In2O3 nanocubes even exhibits a quite higher response of 12-10 ppm of TEA at a lower temperature (180 °C) than many conventional In2O3-based complexes and maintains high consistency in morphology and stability after the consecutive tests of 2 months. This work provides a facile and quite effective gas sensing material for TEA gas monitoring with high sensitivity and stability and good selectivity at lower working temperature that can be prepared in batch and further used as templates.