Thaibunnak Ananya, Rungruang Suvanna, Pakdee Udomdej
Division of Printing Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep, 2 Nanglinchi Road, Thungmahamek, Sathorn, Bangkok 10120, Thailand.
Division of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep, 2 Nanglinchi Road, Thungmahamek, Sathorn, Bangkok 10120, Thailand.
Polymers (Basel). 2024 Dec 18;16(24):3521. doi: 10.3390/polym16243521.
This work presents a simple process for the development of flexible acetone gas sensors based on zinc oxide/graphene/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate). The gas sensors were prepared by inkjet printing, which was followed by a metal sparking process involving different sparking times. The successful decoration of ZnO nanoparticles (average size ~19.0 nm) on the surface of the graphene-PEDOT:PSS hybrid ink was determined by characterizations, including Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field-emission transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and X-ray diffractometry. The ZnO nanoparticle-decorated graphene-PEDOT:PSS with a sparking time of 2 min exhibited the highest response of 71.9% at 10 ppm of acetone, above those of samples treated with other sparking times and the undecorated control. In addition, the optimal sensor revealed high selectivity for acetone over several other kinds of gases, such as ammonia, toluene, dimethylformamide, ethanol, methanol, and benzene, at room temperature. The gas sensor also revealed a low limit of detection (0.4 ppm), high sensitivity (6.18 ppm), and high stability (5-week long-term) to acetone. The response and recovery times of the sensor were found to be 4.6 min and 4.2 min, respectively. The acetone-sensing mechanism was attributed to the formation of p-n heterojunctions, which were responsible for the significantly enhanced sensitivity.
这项工作展示了一种基于氧化锌/石墨烯/聚(3,4-乙撑二氧噻吩)-聚(苯乙烯磺酸盐)开发柔性丙酮气体传感器的简单工艺。通过喷墨打印制备气体传感器,随后进行涉及不同火花时间的金属火花处理。通过拉曼光谱、傅里叶变换红外光谱、场发射透射电子显微镜、X射线光电子能谱和X射线衍射等表征手段,确定了ZnO纳米颗粒(平均尺寸约19.0 nm)在石墨烯-PEDOT:PSS混合油墨表面的成功修饰。火花时间为2分钟的ZnO纳米颗粒修饰的石墨烯-PEDOT:PSS在10 ppm丙酮浓度下表现出最高响应率71.9%,高于其他火花时间处理的样品和未修饰的对照样品。此外,该优化后的传感器在室温下对丙酮相对于其他几种气体,如氨、甲苯、二甲基甲酰胺、乙醇、甲醇和苯,具有高选择性。该气体传感器对丙酮还显示出低检测限(0.4 ppm)、高灵敏度(6.18 ppm)和高稳定性(长达5周)。该传感器的响应时间和恢复时间分别为4.6分钟和4.2分钟。丙酮传感机制归因于p-n异质结的形成,这导致了灵敏度的显著提高。