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Consequently, the HCHO gas-sensing performance of the Ag-modified In2O3\/ZnO bundles have been tested, with the formaldehyde-detection limit of 100 ppb (parts per billion) and the response and recover times as short as 6 s and 3 s, respectively, at 300 \u00b0C and the detection limit of 100 ppb, response time of 12 s and recover times of 6 s at 100 \u00b0C. The HCHO sensing detect limitation matches the health standard limitation on the concentration of formaldehyde for indoor air. Moreover, the strategy to synthesize the nanobundles is just two-step heating and easy to scale up. 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