• 文献标题:   ZnO decorated flexible and strong graphene fibers for sensing NO2 and H2S at room temperature
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   UGALE AD, UMARJI GG, JUNG SH, DESHPANDE NG, LEE W, CHO HK, YOO JB
  • 作者关键词:   wet spinning, flexible graphene fiber, chemical reduction, hydrothermal, zno flower, fibersensor
  • 出版物名称:   SENSORS ACTUATORS BCHEMICAL
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  • 通讯作者地址:   Sungkyunkwan Univ
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.snb.2020.127690
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Here we present toxic gas fiber-based sensor, operating at room temperature, which is important in wearable electronics for monitoring the environment and human health. Continuous strong and flexible graphene oxide (GO) fibers, with aligned GO sheets are synthesized by transforming a prealigned liquid crystalline GO solution using a wet spinning assembly. GO fibers are chemically reduced (rGO) for imparting resistance-based gas sensing. ZnO decorated rGO fibers (ZrGO) are synthesized by hydrothermal-assisted chemical reduction of GO fibers. ZnO nanoparticles and flowers, grown on ZrGO fibers, provided more surface area for adsorption of gas molecules compared to rGO fibers. Furthermore, ZrGO fibers provided more catalytic sites for gas interactions to enhance the sensing performance. The fiber-sensor can detect minimum levels of 1.5 and 8 ppm of NO2 and H2S gas, respectively. Interestingly, the sensing performance of ZrGO fiber-sensor is increased by 8 and 24-fold for NO2 and H2S, respectively, compared to rGO. The fiber-sensor shows fast recovery for H2S compared to NO2 gas. This work opens a new way for the application of robust, lightweight, cheap, and room temperature chemical sensors, that can detect hazardous gases.