Morphology transformation and crystal growth strategies of metal oxide semiconductors are still extensively studied in material science recently, because the morphology and crystallinity significantly affect the physicochemical characteristics of metal oxide nanomaterials. However, understanding the morphology changes of α-MoO3 induced by annealing is still a challenge. Herein, the nanostructure transition of α-MoO3 induced by the annealing temperature is carefully investigated via the XRD and SEM methods. It can be found that crystallization is highly dependent on the annealing temperature. Interestingly, the MoO3 nanoflowers can change into nanosheets at 500 °C. Afterward, the nanosheets turned into microrods with the increase in annealing temperature due to the continuous growth of MoO3 crystal. On the other hand, the sensing performances of various MoO3 nanostructures are studied toward ethanol gas. Compared to the MoO3 nanoflowers and microrods, the MoO3 nanosheets-based sensor exhibits superior sensing performance to ethanol, and the maximum response value is 8.06.
Corrosion of reinforcing steel in concrete is studied by using AC impedance. Subjected to different conditions and chloride concentrations, a laboratory study was conducted to estimate the corrosion rate of reinforcing steel embedded in ordinary Portland concrete (OPC) and high-performance concrete (HPC).One hundred and four OPC and HPC concrete cylinders embedded with a single reinforcing steel bar were exposed to sodium chloride solution with 0%, 1%, 3% and 5% concentrations. Specimens were also subjected to pre-conditioning and drying-wetting cycles.The AC Impedance technique (IS) was used to determine the corrosion rate of the reinforced concrete cylinders. In order to interpret the AC impedance spectra, several electrical equivalent circuits were employed.This investigation aims to compare IS with commonly used corrosion assessment techniques, such as Tafel plot (TP) and linear Polarization (LP).Results confirm that data obtained from AC impedance can be used to calculate the corrosion rate of reinforcing steel. A reasonable agreement with the results of TP and LP techniques is demonstrated. It is found that the corrosion rates obtained by AC impedance technique are lower than TP by 5–20%, while results of LP are 20–30% higher than those of TP. 相似文献