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Nanocarbon-based gas sensors: progress and challenges

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Novel materials based on nanocarbons (e.g., carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene) have attracted much attention as sensing elements in miniaturized, low-power consumption, and ubiquitous electronic gas sensors due to their unique structural and electronic properties. This highlight discusses some recent progress in the research on nanocarbon-based electronic gas sensors, including CNTs, graphene, and their composites (i.e., nanocarbon–nanocrystal hybrids), identifies the technological barriers that impair their commercialization, and presents an outlook of the challenges and opportunities for the use of nanocarbon-based materials in next generation gas sensors.

Source: Journal of Materials Chemistry A

DOI: 10.1039/c3ta13823b

Authors: Shun Mao, Ganhua Lu, Junhong Chen

Institutions: University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, University of Alaska Anchorage

Language: English

Topic: Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation

Awards: Collaborative Research: Exploration of Graphene-Nanocrystal Metamaterials, Graphene-based Sensing Platform for Chemicals and Microorganisms in Water, TAS::89 0321::TAS ADVANCED NANOMATERIALS FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS