Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue 47, Pages -Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac8811
Keywords
2D MoS2; cellulose nanofiber; flexible device; transient device; gas sensor
Funding
- US National Science Foundation [CAREER: 2142310]
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In this study, vertically aligned 2D MoS2 layers integrated on cellulose nanofibers were explored for detecting volatile organic compound gases. The sensor devices showed excellent sensitivity and biodegradability, offering significant opportunities for mechanically reconfigurable sensor technologies.
Crystallographically anisotropic two-dimensional (2D) molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) with vertically aligned (VA) layers is attractive for electrochemical sensing owing to its surface-enriched dangling bonds coupled with extremely large mechanical deformability. In this study, we explored VA-2D MoS2 layers integrated on cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) for detecting various volatile organic compound gases. Sensor devices employing VA-2D MoS2/CNFs exhibited excellent sensitivities for the tested gases of ethanol, methanol, ammonia, and acetone; e.g. a high response rate up to 83.39% for 100 ppm ethanol, significantly outperforming previously reported sensors employing horizontally aligned 2D MoS2 layers. Furthermore, VA-2D MoS2/CNFs were identified to be completely dissolvable in buffer solutions such as phosphate-buffered saline solution and baking soda buffer solution without releasing toxic chemicals. This unusual combination of high sensitivity and excellent biodegradability inherent to VA-2D MoS2/CNFs offers unprecedented opportunities for exploring mechanically reconfigurable sensor technologies with bio-compatible transient characteristics.
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