• 文献标题:   Enabling Inkjet Printed Graphene for Ion Selective Electrodes with Postprint Thermal Annealing
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HE Q, DAS SR, GARLAND NT, JING DP, HONDRED JA, CARGILL AA, DING SW, KARUNAKARAN C, CLAUSSEN JC
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, inkjet printing, thermal annealing, ion selective electrode, potassium, potentiometry
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244
  • 通讯作者地址:   Iowa State Univ
  • 被引频次:   18
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.7b00092
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Inkjet printed graphene (IPG) has recently shown tremendous promise in reducing the cost and complexity of graphene circuit fabrication. Herein we demonstrate, for the first time, the fabrication of an ion selective electrode (ISE) with IPG. A thermal annealing process in a nitrogen ambient environment converts the IPG into a highly conductive electrode (sheet resistance changes from 52.8 +/- 7.4 M Omega/rectangle for unannealed graphene to 172.7 +/- 33.3 Omega/rectangle for graphene annealed at 950 degrees C). Raman spectroscopy and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) analysis reveals that the printed graphene flakes begin to smooth at an annealing temperature of 500 degrees C and then become more porous and more electrically conductive when annealed at temperatures of 650 degrees C and above. The resultant thermally annealed, IPG electrodes are converted into potassium ISEs via functionalization with a poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) membrane and valinomycin ionophore. The developed potassium ISE displays a wide linear sensing range (0.01-100 mM), a low detection limit (7 mu M), minimal drift (8.6 x 10(-6) V/s), and a negligible interference during electrochemical potassium sensing against the backdrop of interfering ions [i.e., sodium (Na), magnesium (Mg), and calcium (Ca)] and artificial eccrine perspiration. Thus, the IPG ISE shows potential for potassium detection in a wide variety of human fluids including plasma, serum, and sweat.