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Wide-Range Adaptive Metal Oxide for Hydrogen Sulfide Detection From Earth to Space-Like Environments.

Xi Chen,Jiaxi Chen,Yanghui Liu,Junhao Cao,Yang Yuan,Kaixin Chen,Yilang Ye,Tongshuai Yang,Yongqing Fu,Wei Luo

Published 2026 in Advancement of science

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Chemiresistive gas sensors based on semiconducting metal oxides for toxic gas detection are widely explored for terrestrial applications under ambient environments, but their potential in extraterrestrial applications remains underexplored. Herein, we developed porous Cu-doped SnO2 microspheres, enabling high sensitivity and selectivity toward hydrogen sulfide (H2S), from the ambient air (25°C, 105 Pa) to extreme conditions (-40°C, ∼10- 4 Pa) designed to simulate the space-like oxygen defects and cryogenic environments. Hierarchical porosity enables efficient gas diffusion across pressure regimes, and Cu2 + doping and oxygen vacancies thus enable oxygen-independent chemisorption. Moreover, in situ-formed chemical adsorption promotes interfacial charge transfer, which exhibits partial reversibility. The semi-quantitative framework represented by a CuS kinetic proxy, combining numerical simulations based on Wolkenstein adsorption theory, finite element methods, and experimental results, reveals a dual-mechanism paradigm. At ambient conditions, the oxygen-adsorption-driven redox reaction is dominant. In contrast, under a vacuum around 10-4 Pa, direct chemisorption and interfacial charge transfer primarily govern the gas adsorption responses. This study offers a generalized metal-oxide platform for gas detection for future space exploration and life-support monitoring systems.

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