Mechanistic Insight into the Limiting Factors of Graphene-Based Environmental Sensors

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F20%3A73604245" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/20:73604245 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.0c09051" target="_blank" >https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.0c09051</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c09051" target="_blank" >10.1021/acsami.0c09051</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Mechanistic Insight into the Limiting Factors of Graphene-Based Environmental Sensors

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Graphene has demonstrated great promise for technological use, yet control over material growth and understanding of how material imperfections affect the performance of devices are challenges that hamper the development of applications. In this work, we reveal new insight into the connections between the performance of the graphene devices as environmental sensors and the microscopic details of the interactions at the sensing surface. We monitor changes in the resistance of the chemical-vapor deposition grown graphene devices as exposed to different concentrations of ethanol. We perform thermal surface treatments after the devices are fabricated, use scanning probe microscopy to visualize their effects down to nanometer scale and correlate them with the measured performance of the device as an ethanol sensor. Our observations are compared to theoretical calculations of charge transfers between molecules and the graphene surface. We find that, although often overlooked, the surface cleanliness after device fabrication is responsible for the device performance and reliability. These results further our understanding of the mechanisms of sensing in graphene-based environmental sensors and pave the way to optimizing such devices, especially for their miniaturization, as with decreasing size of the active zone the potential role of contaminants will rise.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Mechanistic Insight into the Limiting Factors of Graphene-Based Environmental Sensors

Popis výsledku anglicky

Graphene has demonstrated great promise for technological use, yet control over material growth and understanding of how material imperfections affect the performance of devices are challenges that hamper the development of applications. In this work, we reveal new insight into the connections between the performance of the graphene devices as environmental sensors and the microscopic details of the interactions at the sensing surface. We monitor changes in the resistance of the chemical-vapor deposition grown graphene devices as exposed to different concentrations of ethanol. We perform thermal surface treatments after the devices are fabricated, use scanning probe microscopy to visualize their effects down to nanometer scale and correlate them with the measured performance of the device as an ethanol sensor. Our observations are compared to theoretical calculations of charge transfers between molecules and the graphene surface. We find that, although often overlooked, the surface cleanliness after device fabrication is responsible for the device performance and reliability. These results further our understanding of the mechanisms of sensing in graphene-based environmental sensors and pave the way to optimizing such devices, especially for their miniaturization, as with decreasing size of the active zone the potential role of contaminants will rise.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10403 - Physical chemistry

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF16_019%2F0000754" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000754: Nanotechnologie pro budoucnost</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

ACS Applied Materials &amp; Interfaces

ISSN

1944-8244

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

12

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

35

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

39764-39771

Kód UT WoS článku

000569268800095

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85090284881