journal article·2018-12Open access

Low-operating temperature NO2 gas sensors based on hybrid two-dimensional SnS2-reduced graphene oxide

Mahnaz Shafiei, Jonathan Bradford, Hareem Khan, Carlo Piloto, Wojtek Wlodarski, Yongxiang Li, Nunzio Motta

Abstract

The excellent sensing capabilities of SnS2 and the electrical properties of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) are combined to achieve a low-operating temperature NO2 gas sensor. Conductometric gas sensors based on hybrid films of 2D SnS2-rGO are fabricated and evaluated for humidity and different target gases including NO2, CH4, NH3, C2H5OH (ethanol), (CH3)2CO (acetone) at different operating temperatures ranging from 25 °C to 100 °C. The sensor shows exclusive selectivity and reversibility to NO2 as compared to the other analytes, with a low detection limit of 0.6 ppm and a response of 9.8% at 80 °C. The sensing mechanism of the hybrid SnS2-rGO system is described by analysing the effect of NO2 gas on the depletion region established at the interface between SnS2 and rGO layers.
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