High‐Performance Flexible Gas Sensor Using Natural Rubber/MXene Composite for Selective and Stable VOC Detection
Abstract Flexible gas sensors are gaining interest for real‐time volatile gas monitoring. A natural rubber (NR)/MXene nanocomposite sensor is developed. Among the six selected target volatile gases, the composite sensor exhibited a strong response value (82% toward 100 ppm NH 3 ) with the fastest response/recovery time (12.3 s/15.5 s) to NH 3 . The sensitivity showed a clear dependence of gases, suggesting a good selectivity to varying gases. Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene gas sensors exhibited a very low limit of detection of 50–100 ppb for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at room temperature. In addition, the NR/MXene sensor allows detection of the mixture of ammonia (NH 3 ), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and acetone (C 3 H 6 O) and it shows good response depending on the total concentration of VOC gases. Furthermore, the flexible nanocomposite sensor exhibits stable sensing performance at different bending states (0‐120°) and shows 20‐day atmospheric stability. This sensor's ability extends to alcohol breath analysis, useful for drunk driving detection. This work paves the way to the possibility of using robust MXene‐based toward practical realization of electronic devices.
Authors
- Jizhen Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9584-9554)
- Na Kong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5010-8744)
- Joselito M. Razal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9758-3702)
- Ken Aldren S. Usman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7102-6847)
- Mia Angela N. Judicpa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8647-0921)
- Hui Ying Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2244-8231)
- Yanqiu Shao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0198-754X)
- Xu Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7548-3022)
- Jinlong Tao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1057-6308)
- Ting Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7672-2315)
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CN)
- Deakin University (AU)
- Agricultural Product Processing Research Institute (CN)
- Mudanjiang Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials Interfaces
- Published
- 2024-10-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400565
- Citations
- 17
- Primary Topic
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.55
Funders
- Deakin University
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province
- Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences
- Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund for Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences
- Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province