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Wang Y, Wang Y, Jian M, Jiang Q, Li X. MXene Key Composites: A New Arena for Gas Sensors. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2024; 16:209. [PMID: 38842597 PMCID: PMC11156835 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-024-01430-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
Abstract
With the development of science and technology, the scale of industrial production continues to grow, and the types and quantities of gas raw materials used in industrial production and produced during the production process are also constantly increasing. These gases include flammable and explosive gases, and even contain toxic gases. Therefore, it is very important and necessary for gas sensors to detect and monitor these gases quickly and accurately. In recent years, a new two-dimensional material called MXene has attracted widespread attention in various applications. Their abundant surface functional groups and sites, excellent current conductivity, tunable surface chemistry, and outstanding stability make them promising for gas sensor applications. Since the birth of MXene materials, researchers have utilized the efficient and convenient solution etching preparation, high flexibility, and easily functionalize MXene with other materials to prepare composites for gas sensing. This has opened a new chapter in high-performance gas sensing materials and provided a new approach for advanced sensor research. However, previous reviews on MXene-based composite materials in gas sensing only focused on the performance of gas sensing, without systematically explaining the gas sensing mechanisms generated by different gases, as well as summarizing and predicting the advantages and disadvantages of MXene-based composite materials. This article reviews the latest progress in the application of MXene-based composite materials in gas sensing. Firstly, a brief summary was given of the commonly used methods for preparing gas sensing device structures, followed by an introduction to the key attributes of MXene related to gas sensing performance. This article focuses on the performance of MXene-based composite materials used for gas sensing, such as MXene/graphene, MXene/Metal oxide, MXene/Transition metal sulfides (TMDs), MXene/Metal-organic framework (MOF), MXene/Polymer. It summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of MXene composite materials with different composites and discusses the possible gas sensing mechanisms of MXene-based composite materials for different gases. Finally, future directions and inroads of MXenes-based composites in gas sensing are presented and discussed.
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- Yitong Wang
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Systems Science in Metallurgical Process, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430081, People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Systems Science in Metallurgical Process, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430081, People's Republic of China.
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- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Systems Science in Metallurgical Process, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430081, People's Republic of China
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- Key Materials and Components of Electrical Vehicles for Overseas Expertise Introduction Center for Discipline Innovation, Institute of Advanced Electrochemical Energy and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, 710048, People's Republic of China
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- Key Materials and Components of Electrical Vehicles for Overseas Expertise Introduction Center for Discipline Innovation, Institute of Advanced Electrochemical Energy and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, 710048, People's Republic of China.
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
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Lv J, Zhang C, Qu G, Pan K, Qin J, Wei K, Liang Y. Modification strategies for semiconductor metal oxide nanomaterials applied to chemiresistive NO x gas sensors: A review. Talanta 2024; 273:125853. [PMID: 38460422 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2024.125853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Revised: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
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Semiconductor metal oxides (SMOs) nanomaterials are a category of sensing materials that are widely applied to chemiresistive NOx gas sensors. However, there is much space to improve the sensing performance of SMOs nanomaterials. Therefore, how to improve the sensing performance of SMOs nanomaterials for NOx gases has always attracted the interest of researchers. Up to now, there are few reviews focus on the modification strategies of SMOs which applied to NOx gas sensors. In order to compensate for the limitation, this review summarizes the existing modification strategies of SMOs, hoping to provide researchers a view of the research progress in this filed as comprehensive as possible. This review focuses on the progress of the modification of SMOs nanomaterials for chemiresistive NOx (NO, NO2) gas sensors, including the morphology modulation of SMOs, compositing SMOs, loading noble metals, doping metal ions, compositing with carbon nanomaterials, compositing with biomass template, and compositing with MXene, MOFs, conducting polymers. The mechanism of each strategy to enhance the NOx sensing performance of SMOs-based nanomaterials is also discussed and summarized. In addition, the limitations of some of the modification strategies and ways to address them are discussed. Finally, future perspectives for SMOs-based NOx gas sensors are also discussed.
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- Jiaxin Lv
- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan, 650500, China; National Regional Engineering Research Center-NCW, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan, 650500, China; National Regional Engineering Research Center-NCW, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan, 650500, China; National Regional Engineering Research Center-NCW, Yunnan, 650500, China.
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan, 650500, China; National Regional Engineering Research Center-NCW, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan, 650500, China; National Regional Engineering Research Center-NCW, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan, 650500, China; National Regional Engineering Research Center-NCW, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan, 650500, China; National Regional Engineering Research Center-NCW, Yunnan, 650500, China
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Pinjari A, Saraf D, Sengupta D. Molecular mechanisms underlying nanowire formation in pristine phthalocyanine. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:30259-30268. [PMID: 37927067 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03512c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Understanding the molecular processes of nanowire self-assembly is crucial for designing and controlling nanoscale structures that could lead to breakthroughs in functional materials. In this work, we focus on pristine phthalocyanines as a representative example of mesogenic supramolecular assemblies and have analyzed the formation of nanowires using classical molecular dynamics simulations. In the simulations, the molecules spontaneously form multi-columnar structures resembling supramolecular polymers that subsequently grow into more ordered aggregates. These self-assemblies are concentration dependent, leading to the formation of multi-columnar, dynamic aggregates at higher concentrations and nanowires at lower concentrations. The multi-columnar assemblies on a whole are more disordered than the nanowires, but have locally ordered domains of parallel facing molecules that can fluctuate while maintaining their overall shape. The nanowire formation at lower concentrations involves the initial interaction and clustering of randomly oriented phthalocyanine molecules, followed by the merging of small clusters into elongated segments and the eventual formation of a stable nanowire. We observe three main conformers in these self-assemblies, the parallel, T-shaped and edge-to-edge stacking of the phthalocyanine dimers. We calculate the underlying free energy landscape and show that the parallel conformers form the most stable configuration which is followed by the T-shaped and edge-to-edge dimer configurations. The findings provide insights into the mechanisms and pathways of nanowire formation and a step towards the understanding of self-assembly processes in supramolecular mesogens.
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- Aadil Pinjari
- CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411 008, India.
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- CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411 008, India.
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- CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411 008, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201 002, India
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Sharma AK, Mahajan A, Bedi RK, Kumar S, Debnath AK, Aswal DK. CNTs based improved chlorine sensor from non-covalently anchored multi-walled carbon nanotubes with hexa-decafluorinated cobalt phthalocyanines. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra08987b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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To study the effect of synergetic interactions between metal-phthalocyanine and carbon nanotubes for gas sensing characteristics of carbon nanotubes, we have synthesized F16CoPc/MWCNTs–COOH hybrid.
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- Anshul Kumar Sharma
- Material Science Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- Guru Nanak Dev University
- Amritsar
- India
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- Material Science Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- Guru Nanak Dev University
- Amritsar
- India
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- Material Science Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- Guru Nanak Dev University
- Amritsar
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Guru Nanak Dev University
- Amritsar
- India
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- Technical Physics Division
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Mumbai
- India
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- CSIR-National Physical Laboratory
- New Delhi
- India
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Kumar S, Kaur N, Sharma AK, Mahajan A, Bedi RK. Improved Cl2 sensing characteristics of reduced graphene oxide when decorated with copper phthalocyanine nanoflowers. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra02212c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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A novel gas sensing platform involving a hybrid of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets with unsubstituted copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) nanoflowers has been explored as a room temperature ppb level chemiresistive chlorine (Cl2) sensor with a detection limit as low as 1.97 ppb.
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- Sanjeev Kumar
- Material Science Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- Guru Nanak Dev University
- Amritsar-143005
- India
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- Material Science Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- Guru Nanak Dev University
- Amritsar-143005
- India
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- Material Science Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- Guru Nanak Dev University
- Amritsar-143005
- India
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- Material Science Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- Guru Nanak Dev University
- Amritsar-143005
- India
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- Satyam Institute of Engineering and Technology
- Amritsar-143107
- India
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Kumar A, Samanta S, Latha S, Debnath AK, Singh A, Muthe KP, Barshilia HC. Enhanced Cl2 sensitivity of cobalt-phthalocyanine film by utilizing a porous nanostructured surface fabricated on glass. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra25185d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We demonstrate a very simple and effective approach to improve the sensitivity and the low detection limit of cobalt phthalocyanine films towards the detection of chlorine by creating a porous nanostructured surface on a glass substrate via a vapor phase etching process.
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- Arvind Kumar
- Nanomaterials Research Laboratory
- Surface Engineering Division
- CSIR – National Aerospace Laboratories
- Bangalore-560017
- India
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- Thin Film Devices Section
- Technical Physics Division
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Mumbai-400085
- India
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- Nanomaterials Research Laboratory
- Surface Engineering Division
- CSIR – National Aerospace Laboratories
- Bangalore-560017
- India
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- Thin Film Devices Section
- Technical Physics Division
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Mumbai-400085
- India
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- Thin Film Devices Section
- Technical Physics Division
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Mumbai-400085
- India
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- Thin Film Devices Section
- Technical Physics Division
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Mumbai-400085
- India
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- Nanomaterials Research Laboratory
- Surface Engineering Division
- CSIR – National Aerospace Laboratories
- Bangalore-560017
- India
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Zhang J, Liu X, Neri G, Pinna N. Nanostructured Materials for Room-Temperature Gas Sensors. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2016; 28:795-831. [PMID: 26662346 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201503825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 427] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Sensor technology has an important effect on many aspects in our society, and has gained much progress, propelled by the development of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Current research efforts are directed toward developing high-performance gas sensors with low operating temperature at low fabrication costs. A gas sensor working at room temperature is very appealing as it provides very low power consumption and does not require a heater for high-temperature operation, and hence simplifies the fabrication of sensor devices and reduces the operating cost. Nanostructured materials are at the core of the development of any room-temperature sensing platform. The most important advances with regard to fundamental research, sensing mechanisms, and application of nanostructured materials for room-temperature conductometric sensor devices are reviewed here. Particular emphasis is given to the relation between the nanostructure and sensor properties in an attempt to address structure-property correlations. Finally, some future research perspectives and new challenges that the field of room-temperature sensors will have to address are also discussed.
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- Jun Zhang
- College of Physics, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, China
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- College of Physics, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
- Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW-Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Chemistry and Industrial Engineering, University of Messina, Contrada di Dio, 98166, Messina, Italy
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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