The invention discloses a preparation method of mesoporous
plasmon nanoparticles and application of the mesoporous
plasmon nanoparticles in an optical excitation gas sensor. The preparation method of the nanoparticles comprises the following steps: dissolving a gold-containing compound in water, adding a
reducing agent, and heating for reaction to obtain a
colloidal gold solution; adding water and a second
reducing agent, and stirring to obtain a gold
nanoparticle aqueous dispersion; adding an
organic solvent, a surfactant and a pore expanding agent, emulsifying, adding a
dopamine precursor, adjusting the pH to be alkaline to form a mesoporous polydopamine shell layer, and washing and
drying; and finally, dipping in a
tin-containing compound solution, and carrying out
calcination treatment. The prepared mesoporous
plasmon nanoparticles can be applied to preparation of optical excitation gas sensors. The sensor has high sensitivity and
high selectivity response to NO2 gas, can stably work at
room temperature, and shows excellent response performance to the NO2
gas concentration range of 0.2-10 ppm.