Electrospun soluble conductive polypyrrole nanoparticles for fabrication of highly selective n-butylamine gas sensor

SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

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Akbarinejad, Alireza¹  Ghoorchian, Arash¹  Kamalabadi, Mahdie¹  Alizadeh, Naader¹ 

[1] Tarbiat Modares Univ, Fac Basic Sci, Dept Chem, POB 14115-175, Tehran, Iran

关键词: Polypyrrole nanoparticles;    Soluble conducting polymer;    Electrospinning;    Gas sensor;    Aliphatic amines;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.snb.2016.05.034

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

A three-dimensional and highly porous polypyrrole (PPy) film was successfully coated onto a copper interdigital electrode (Cu-IDE) surface by electrospinning of soluble PPy nanoparticles. The chemical composition of PPy nanoparticles was analyzed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller ( BET) analysis confirmed the porous nature of PPy nanoparticles. The field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) images of polymer coated Cu-IDE revealed that PPy nanoparticles were assembled by electrical forces to form an outstanding honeycomb-like architecture. As a proof-of-concept demonstration of the functional properties of the electrospun PPy (Es-PPy) film, the polymer coated Cu-IDE was investigated as a sensing device for gas sensor. The as-prepared Es-PPy film proved to be a viable aliphatic amines sensing material with large response, low detection limit, fast response and good repeatability at a low operating temperature of 150 degrees C. Moreover, the sensor demonstrated an extremely high sensitivity and selectivity to n-butylamine. The calibration sensitivity to n-butylamine is up to three orders of magnitude higher than that of other common aliphatic amines. The detection limit and linear range for determination of n-butylamine were 0.42 ppm and 10.54-21.08 ppm, respectively. Es-PPy gas sensor exhibited good repeatability with RSD <= 8% at temperature ranges 90-200 degrees C. The response of the Es-PPy sensor to n-butylamine was compared with electrochemically and drop coated sensors and found that it has an extremely higher response. Finally, the Es-PPy gas sensor was successfully applied to real well water sample analysis. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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