Alcohol Vapor Sensor Based on Quasi-2D Nb2O5 Derived from Oxidized Nb2CTz MXenes

Autor: Hanna Pazniak, Ilya A. Plugin, Polina M. Sheverdyaeva, Laetitia Rapenne, Alexey S. Varezhnikov, Antonio Agresti, Sara Pescetelli, Paolo Moras, Konstantin B. Kostin, Alexander V. Gorokhovsky, Thierry Ouisse, Victor V. Sysoev
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Sensors, Vol 24, Iss 1, p 38 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s24010038
Popis: MXenes are two-dimensional (2D) materials with a great potential for sensor applications due to their high aspect ratio and fully functionalized surface that can be tuned for specific gas adsorption. Here, we demonstrate that the Nb2CTz-based sensor exhibits high performance towards alcohol vapors at temperatures up to 300–350 °C, with the best sensitivity towards ethanol. We attribute the observed remarkable chemiresistive effect of this material to the formation of quasi-2D Nb2O5 sheets as the result of the oxidation of Nb-based MXenes. These findings are supported by synchrotron X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies together with X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy observations. For analyte selectivity, we employ a multisensor approach where the gas recognition is achieved by linear discriminant analysis of the vector response of the on-chip sensor array. The reported protocol demonstrates that MXene layers are efficient precursors for the derivation of 2D oxide architectures, which are suitable for developing gas sensors and sensor arrays.
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