Room temperature ammonia vapor sensing properties of transparent single walled carbon nanotube thin film

L. R. Shobin; S. Manivannan

doi:10.1117/12.2071830

24 October 2014 Room temperature ammonia vapor sensing properties of transparent single walled carbon nanotube thin film

L. R. Shobin, S. Manivannan

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Proceedings Volume 9270, Optoelectronic Devices and Integration V; 92701M (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2071830
Event: SPIE/COS Photonics Asia, 2014, Beijing, China

Abstract

Carbon nanotube (CNT) networks are identified as potential substitute and surpass the conventional indium doped tin oxide (ITO) in transparent conducting electrodes, thin-film transistors, solar cells, and chemical sensors. Among them, CNT based gas sensors gained more interest because of its need in environmental monitoring, industrial control, and detection of gases in warfare or for averting security threats. The unique properties of CNT networks such as high surface area, low density, high thermal conductivity and chemical sensitivity making them as a potential candidate for gas sensing applications. Commercial unsorted single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) were purified by thermal oxidation and acid treatment processes and dispersed in organic solvent N-methyl pyrolidone using sonication process in the absence of polymer or surfactant. Optically transparent SWCNT networks are realized on glass substrate by coating the dispersed SWCNT with the help of dynamic spray coating process at 200ºC. The SWCNT random network was characterized by scanning electron microscopy and UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy. Gas sensing property of transparent film towards ammonia vapor is studied at room temperature by measuring the resistance change with respect to the concentration in the range 0-1000 ppm. The sensor response is increased logarithmically in the concentration range 0 to 1000 ppm with the detection limit 0.007 ppm. The random networks are able to detect ammonia vapor selectively because of the high electron donating nature of ammonia molecule to the SWCNT. The sensor is reversible and selective to ammonia vapor with response time 70 seconds and recovery time 423 seconds for 62.5 ppm with 90% optical transparency at 550 nm.

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L. R. Shobin and S. Manivannan "Room temperature ammonia vapor sensing properties of transparent single walled carbon nanotube thin film", Proc. SPIE 9270, Optoelectronic Devices and Integration V, 92701M (24 October 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2071830

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