Hollow cauliflower-like PdAg/ZnO sensing material

Ultra-sensitive trace detection

The hollow cauliflower-like hierarchical structure with uniformly loaded PdAg bimetallic catalysts, fabricated via surface modification engineering, enhances 3H2B adsorption energy and electron transfer, lowers operating temperature to 180 °C, enabling ultra-sensitive detection of Listeria monocytogenes metabolic biomarkers.

Zhu, Keheng · Zhang, Zhaohuan · Zhao, Yong · Zhu, Yongheng

Journal of Hazardous Materials 2026

Specifications

Detection limit
{'zh': '200', 'en': '200'} ppb

Advantages

Operating temperature reduced from 240 °C to 180 °C

Response R_a/R_g = 157.5 at 50 ppm 3H2B

Response/recovery time: 9.0 s / 5.4 s