Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C
Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages 424-433Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c8tc05673k
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21771192, 21703287]
- Major Program of Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation [ZR2017ZB0315]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [ZR2017MB006]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [18CX02052A]
- Research Foundation from China University of Petroleum (East China) [Y1510051]
- Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong Province [ts201712019]
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Ambipolar tris(phthalocyaninato) rare earth semiconductors, Eu-2[Pc(OC8H17)(8)](2)[Pc(OCH2CF3)(8)] (1) and Eu-2{Pc[(OC2H4)(3)OCH3](8)}(2)[Pc(OCH2CF3)(8)] (2), are synthesized and fabricated into well-organized films via a Langmuir-Shafer (LS) method. Driven by intermolecular - stacking, as well as hydrophilic-hydrophobic interactions, 1 and 2 aggregated in different modes, H for 1 and J for 2, in LS films. Consequently, higher conductivity and carrier mobilities for electrons and holes in the LS films of 1 are achieved compared to those of 2, with gate-induced sheet electron and hole densities (n(e) and n(h)) of 2.48 x 10(12) and 8.31 x 10(9) cm(-2) for 1, and 1.77 x 10(12) and 8.01 x 10(10) cm(-2) for 2, respectively. Comparative studies on the gas sensing behavior of the LS films of 1 and 2 revealed that, towards oxidative NO2, both 1 and 2 show n-type sensing behavior, with a higher sensitivity of 2 (54.6% ppm(-1)) than 1 (12.5% ppm(-1)) in the 0.10-0.85 ppm range, which can be attributed to the lower n(e) of 2. Unexpectedly, towards reductive NH3 (3.0-7.0 ppm) and H2S (5.0-9.0 ppm), only ambipolar 1 exhibits current responses, determined by the lower n(h) of 1. More importantly, the current of 1 responds reversely towards NH3 and H2S (decreases vs. increases) even though they are both reductive gases. This is because weakly reductive NH3 reduces n(h) while strongly reductive H2S increases n(e). By combining the distinct response patterns of ambipolar 1 and 2, these three toxic gases can be distinguished unambiguously from each other, showing the potential for these two molecules in efficient chemiresistor sensor arrays.
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