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To address these issues, in this work, a room-temperature hydrogen sulfide gas sensor of polyaniline\/tungsten oxide\/copper oxide (PANI\/WO3\/CuO) was synthesized using in situ polymerization technology. This gas sensor displays a response value of 31.3% to 1 ppm hydrogen sulfide at room temperature, with a response\/recovery time of 353\/4958 s and a detection limit of 100 ppb. 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