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High performance langasite based SAW NO 2 gas sensor using 2D g-C 3 N 4 @TiO 2 hybrid nanocomposite.
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Journal of hazardous materials [J Hazard Mater] 2022 Apr 05; Vol. 427, pp. 128174. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Dec 30. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Nitrogen dioxide (NO <subscript>2</subscript> ) gas has emerged as a severe air pollutant that causes damages to the environment, human life and global ecosystems etc. However, the currently available NO <subscript>2</subscript> gas sensors suffers from insufficient selectivity, sensitivity and long response times that impeding their practical applicability for room temperature (RT) gas sensing. Herein, we report a high performance langasite (LGS) based surface acoustic wave (SAW) RT NO <subscript>2</subscript> gas sensor using 2-dimensional (2D) g-C <subscript>3</subscript> N <subscript>4</subscript> @TiO <subscript>2</subscript> nanoplates (NP) with {001} facets hybrid nanocomposite as a chemical interface. The g-C <subscript>3</subscript> N <subscript>4</subscript> @TiO <subscript>2</subscript> NP/LGS SAW device showed a significant negative frequency shift (∆f) of ~19.8 kHz which is 2.4 fold higher than that of the pristine TiO <subscript>2</subscript> NP/LGS SAW sensor toward 100 ppm of NO <subscript>2</subscript> at RT. In addition, the hybrid SAW device fascinatingly exhibited a fast response/recovery time with a low detection limit, high selectivity, and an effective long term stability toward NO <subscript>2</subscript> gas. It also exhibited an enhanced and robust negative frequency shifts under various relative humidity conditions ranging from 20% to 80% for 100 ppm of NO <subscript>2</subscript> gas. The high performance of the g-C <subscript>3</subscript> N <subscript>4</subscript> @TiO <subscript>2</subscript> NP/LGS SAW gas sensor can be attributed to the enhanced mass loading effect which was assisted by the large surface area, oxygen vacancies, OH and amine functional groups of the n-n hybrid heterojunction of g-C <subscript>3</subscript> N <subscript>4</subscript> @TiO <subscript>2</subscript> NP that provide abundant active sites for the adsorption and diffusion of NO <subscript>2</subscript> gas molecules. These results emphasize the significance of the integration of 2D materials with metal oxides for SAW based RT gas sensing technology holds great promise in environmental protection.<br /> (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-3336
- Volume :
- 427
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of hazardous materials
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34995998
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.128174