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Boron- and nitrogen-doped multi-wall carbon nanotubes for gas detection

Adjizian, Jean-Joseph

Leghrib, Radouane

Koos, Antal A.

Suarez-Martinez, Irene

Crossley, Alison

Wagner, Philipp

Grobert, Nicole

Llobet, Eduard

Ewels, Christopher P.

2014

QC06 Physics of condensed matter / szilárdtestfizika

The response of pristine, nitrogen and boron doped carbon nanotube (CNT) sensors to NO2,
CO, C2H4 and H2O at ppm concentrations was investigated at both room temperature and
150 °C. N-doped CNTs show the best sensitivity to nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide,
while B-doped CNTs show the best sensitivity to ethylene. All tubes (including undoped)
show strong humidity response. Sensing mechanisms are determined via comparison with
density functional calculations of gas molecule absorption onto representative defect
structures in N and B-doped graphene. N-CNTs show decreased sensitivity with temperature,
and detection appears to occur via gas physisorption. B-CNTs appear to react chemically
with many of the absorbed species as shown by their poor baseline recovery and
increasing sensitivity with temperature. This limits their cyclability. Overall gas sensitivity
is as good or better than post-growth functionalised nanotubes, and used in combination,
CNTs, N-CNTs and B-CNTs appear highly promising candidates for cheap, low power, room
temperature gas sensing applications.

Article

PeerReviewed

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

text

http://real.mtak.hu/26890/1/Ewels-gas-B-N-CNT-Carbon14.pdf

Adjizian, Jean-Joseph and Leghrib, Radouane and Koos, Antal A. and Suarez-Martinez, Irene and Crossley, Alison and Wagner, Philipp and Grobert, Nicole and Llobet, Eduard and Ewels, Christopher P. (2014) Boron- and nitrogen-doped multi-wall carbon nanotubes for gas detection. Carbon, 66. pp. 662-673. ISSN 0008-6223

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2013.09.064

http://real.mtak.hu/26890/

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