Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 10, Issue 40, Pages 34485-34493Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b11254
Keywords
Flexible sensors; wearable electronics; spray coating; Ag nanoparticles; all-carbon
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51672154, 61705152, 51774191]
- MoST [2016YFA0200200]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20160328]
- Science and Technology Support Program of Sichuan Province [2016JZ0028]
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Flexible chemical sensors usually require transfer of prepared layers or whole device onto special flexible substrates and further attachment to target objects, limiting the practical applications. Herein, a sprayed gas sensor array utilizing silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)-all-carbon hybrid nanostructures is introduced to enable direct device preparation on various target objects. The fully flexible device is formed using metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes as conductive electrodes and AgNPs-decorated reduced graphene oxide as sensing layers. The sensor presents sensitive response (R-a/R-g) of 6.0-20 ppm NO2, great mechanical robustness (3000 bending cycles), and obvious sensing ability as low as 0.2 ppm NO2 at room temperature. The sensitivity is about 3.3 and 13 times as that of the sample based on metal electrodes and the sample without AgNP decoration. The fabrication method demonstrates good scalability and suitability on the planar and nonplanar supports. The devices attached on a lab coat or the human body perform stable performance, indicating practicability in wearable and portable fields. The flexible and scalable sensor provides a new choice for real-time monitoring of toxic gases in personal mobile electronics and human-machine interactions.
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