Dynamic liquid phase deposition of doped nanostructured PANI tube sensor for trace-level NH3 gas detection

Wenqian Zhang, Guishun Li, Yuxi Chen, Shaohua Liu, Jian Xu, Chengbin Jing, Jungang Zhang, Jianping Yang, Ya Cheng, Junhao Chu

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Abstract

We proposed a polyaniline-camphorsulfonic acid/titanium dioxide (PANI-CSA/TiO2) coated glass capillary tube sensor structure in this work. The PANI-CSA/TiO2 sensitive material was grown on the inner wall of silica glass capillary tube. A dynamic liquid phase deposition (DLPD) process was developed to fabricate the tube sensor samples. The optimum processing parameters, microstructures, morphology and gas detective performances of the PANI-CSA/TiO2 tube sensors were investigated. PANI-CSA/TiO2 capillary tube sensor samples (core size 1 mm, length 7 cm) with better properties were obtained at an optimum liquid flow rate of 0.62 mL min−1. The tube sensor shows response time of 84 s, response of 877 % and recovery time of 55 s for detecting 3 ppm NH3 gas while the plane sensor sample has response time of 152 s, response of 17.8 % and recovery time of 367 s. The capillary tube sensor exhibits convenience for detecting a small volume of gas sample. For a 1 mL, 0.1 ppm NH3 gas sample, the PANI-CSA/TiO2 capillary tube sensor exhibits 54 s response time, 454 % response while the plane-shaped sensor fails to detect.

Original languageEnglish
Article number127459
JournalSensors and Actuators B: Chemical
Volume305
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Feb 2020

Keywords

  • Ammonia gas sensor
  • Dynamic liquid phase deposition
  • Glass capillary tube sensor
  • Nanostructured polyaniline

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