TY - JOUR A1 - Simon, Ilka A1 - Savitsky, Alexandr A1 - Mülhaupt, Rolf A1 - Pankov, Vladimir A1 - Janiak, Christoph T1 - Nickel nanoparticle-decorated reduced graphene oxide/WO3 nanocomposite – a promising candidate for gas sensing JF - Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology PY - 2021/// VL - 12 SP - 343 EP - 353 SN - 2190-4286 DO - 10.3762/bjnano.12.28 PB - Beilstein-Institut JA - Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. UR - https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.12.28 KW - gas sensing KW - magnetic measurements KW - nickel nanoparticles KW - reduced graphene oxide KW - tungsten oxide N2 - We report for the first time the combination of WO3 sensing elements with a non-noble metal–carbon composite, namely a nickel metal nanoparticle–carbon composite (Ni@rGO). Previous work with WO3 had used either NiO (as part of the WO3 lattice), solely carbon, Pd-surface decorated WO3 (Pd@WO3), or Pd or Pt@carbon@WO3. We demonstrate the gas response for pure WO3, rGO/WO3 and Ni@rGO/WO3 sensing elements towards NO2 and acetone in air as well as towards CO in N2. The addition of 0.35 wt % Ni@rGO composite to WO3 enables the increase of the sensory response by more than 1.6 times for NO2 vapors. The gas response towards acetone using 0.35 wt % Ni@rGO/WO3 composite was 1.5 times greater for 3500 ppm than for 35,000 ppm acetone. For 0.35 wt % Ni@rGO/WO3 composite and CO gas, a response time (Tres) of 7 min and a recovery time (Trec) of 2 min was determined. ER -