Tungsten trioxide (WO3) is an N-type semiconductor material that has been widely studied for use in sensors, electrochromism, photocatalysts, and energy storage devices. A simple and low-cost microwave-assisted method have been adopted to prepare the composite.

Tungsten trioxide (WO3) powder has been used to produce filaments and tungsten carbide. As more characteristics are discovered, WO3 powder has been widely used in electrochromic displays, semiconductor gas sensors, photocatalysts and other devices due to its excellent electrochromic, gastrochromic, thermochromic and photochromic properties. WO3 powders with nanostructures are believed to have the enhanced properties because of their larger surface area and unique physical properties.

Gas sensing at room temperature has attracted a lot of research interest, especially the combination of MOX, CNT and graphene, but it usually has the problems of slow response time, poor baseline stability, and high humidity dependence.