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. 2016 Sep 12;6:33092. doi: 10.1038/srep33092

Figure 5. The scheme of the proposed gas sensing mechanism of the TiO2/Ag0.35V2O5 branched nanoheterostructures based sensor.

Figure 5

(a) band structure model in air and in ethanol (EV: valence band; EC: conduction band; EF: Fermi level; qΦ: effective energy barrier of the heterojunction); (b) model of the TiO2/Ag0.35V2O5 branched nanoheterostructures based sensor exposed in air (step 1, step2, and step 3) and ethanol vapor (step 4 and step 5), respectively.