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Moreover, the NH3 gas-sensing properties of the DSH ZnTiO3 microrods were studied at room temperature. The morphology and composition of DSH ZnTiO3 microrods films were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffractometry (XRD). The formation process of double-shelled hollow microrods was discussed in detail. The comparative gas-sensing results revealed that the DSH ZnTiO3 microrods had a higher response to NH3 gas at room temperature than those of the TiO2 solid microrods and DSH ZnTiO3 microrods did in the dark. More importantly, the DSH ZnTiO3 microrods exhibited a strong response to low concentrations of NH3 gas at room temperature.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20010046","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,23]],"date-time":"2019-12-23T03:15:01Z","timestamp":1577070901000},"page":"46","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Preparation and NH3 Gas-Sensing Properties of Double-Shelled Hollow ZnTiO3 Microrods"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0672-8962","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pi-Guey","family":"Su","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 111, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiang-Hong","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 111, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"242","DOI":"10.1016\/j.sna.2017.10.021","article-title":"Room-temperature gas sensing of ZnO-based gas sensor: A review","volume":"267","author":"Zhu","year":"2017","journal-title":"Sens. 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