Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 326, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2020.128983
Keywords
Ammonia sensor; ZnO; GQDs; p-n heterojunction; Room temperature
Funding
- Thailand Research Fund [MRG6280132]
- Unit of Excellence on Sensors Technology, School of Science, University of Phayao [UoE62006]
- Chiang Mai University
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This study presents a highly selective ammonia sensor based on ZnO nanostructures and graphene quantum dots (GQDs), which showed optimal sensor responses at room temperature. The ammonia sensing properties of ZnO:GQDs sensors are attributed to the presence of specific functional groups on the GQDs, contributing to their high responsiveness and selectivity.
This paper presents a highly selective ammonia sensor based on ZnO nanostructures combined with graphene quantum dots (GQDs). Novel graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have an average lateral size distribution of 2.6 nm. Various amounts of GQDs were combined with the ZnO nanostructure surfaces. Prior to the ZnO:GQDs investigation, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used to intensively characterize the surface morphologies, existence of functional groups, and chemical compositions. ZnO:GQD heterojunctions are crucial candidate materials due to their highly selective response to ammonia (NH3) vapor. The ammonia sensing characteristics of bare ZnO and ZnO:GQDs sensors at room temperature were systematically investigated via exposure to acetone and ethanol vapor. The ammonia sensing results show that ZnO:GQDs sensors with a volume of 15 mu L have optimum sensor responses at an ammonia concentration of 1000 ppm with a value of 6047. The ammonia sensing properties of ZnO:GQDs sensors are due to the GQDs' carboxyl and hydroxyl groups, which produce more oxygen-containing groups leading to a high H+ molecule density. This further contributes to their highly responsive and selective performance for sensing ammonia at room temperature.
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