Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 11, Issue 29, Pages 25891-25900Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b06338
Keywords
acetylene gas sensor; Al2O3/ZnO; Pt nanoparticles; humidity interference; microheater; selectivity
Funding
- Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) [20172220200110]
- Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) [20172220200110] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Metal oxide nanostructures are the most promising materials for the fabrication of advanced gas sensors. However, the main challenge of these gas sensors is humidity interference and issues related to the selectivity and high operating temperature, which limits their response in real-time applications. In this study, we proposed nanohybrids of Pt-functionalized Al2O3/ZnOcore shell nanorods (NRs) for a real-time humidity-independent acetylene gas sensor. The core ZnO NRs have been fabricated on micro electromechanical system (MEMS) microheater, followed by a coating of a thin nanoscale moisture-blocking conformal A1203 shell by atomic layer deposition (ALD) and decoration of Pt NPs using photochemical deposition and e-beam evaporation. Prior to the fabrication, a COMSOL simulation was performed to optimize the microheater design and moisture-blocking layer thickness. A comparative study of the decoration of Pt NPs on the ZnO surface by photochemical (sPt/ZnO) and e-beam evaporation (e-Pt/ZnO) and a A1203 thin moisture-blocking shell layer (Pt/A1203/ZnO) in sensor response has been conducted. The fabricated sensors (s-Pt/ZnO) and (e-Pt/ZnO) showed a high response AR/R (%) of 96.46% and 68.15% to 200 ppm acetylene at 120 C and detect trace concentrations of acetylene down to 1 ppm, but the response is influenced by humidity. Moreover, the sensor (Pt/A1203/ZnO) exhibited nearly the same sensing characteristics and high acetylene selectivity despite the wide range of humidity variation from 20% RH to 70% RH. The Pt-functionalized A1203/ZnOcore shell NR-based sensor showed better sensing and stable performance than other sensors (s-Pt/ZnO and e-Pt/ ZnO) under humidity conditions.
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