Organic/Inorganic-Based Flexible Membrane for a Room-Temperature Electronic Gas Sensor

Husam H.D. Altakroori; Ashraf Ali; Yaser E. Greish; Naser Qamhieh; Saleh T. Mahmoud

doi:10.3390/nano12122037

Organic/Inorganic-Based Flexible Membrane for a Room-Temperature Electronic Gas Sensor

Husam H.D. Altakroori, Ashraf Ali, Yaser E. Greish, Naser Qamhieh, Saleh T. Mahmoud

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A room temperature (RT) H₂S gas sensor based on organic–inorganic nanocomposites has been developed by incorporating zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) into a conductivity-controlled organic polymer matrix. A homogeneous solution containing poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and ionic liquid (IL) and further doped with ZnO NPs was used for the fabrication of a flexible membrane (approx. 200 µm in thickness). The sensor was assessed for its performance against hazardous gases at RT (23^◦C). The obtained sensor exhibited good sensitivity, with a detection limit of 15 ppm, and a fast time response (24 ± 3 s) toward H₂S gas. The sensor also showed excellent repeatability, long-term stability and selectivity toward H₂S gas among other test gases. Furthermore, the sensor depicted a high flexibility, low cost, easy fabrication and low power consumption, thus holding great promise for flexible electronic gas sensors.

Original language	English
Article number	2037
Journal	Nanomaterials
Volume	12
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12122037
Publication status	Published - Jun 1 2022

Keywords

HS sensor
ZnO NPs
metal oxide semiconductor
organic polymer
organic-inorganic nanocomposite

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Chemical Engineering(all)
Materials Science(all)

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