Metal-Free Cataluminescence Gas Sensor for Hydrogen Sulfide Based on Its Catalytic Oxidation on Silicon Carbide Nanocages
Metal-Free Cataluminescence Gas Sensor for Hydrogen Sulfide Based on Its Catalytic Oxidation on Silicon Carbide Nanocages
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基于碳化硅纳米笼催化氧化的无金属催化发光硫化氢气体传感器
DOI:
10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04566
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
Lv Yi
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作者:
Wu Liqian;Zhang Lichun;Sun Mingxia;Liu Rui;Yu Lingzhu;Lv Yi
Cataluminescence- (CTL-) based sensors are among the most attractive and effective tools for gas sensing, owing to their efficient selectivity, high sensitivity, and rapidity. As the sensing materials of CTL-based sensors, metal-based catalysts easily bring about high costs and environmental pollution of heavy metals. More importantly, the long-term stability of metal-based catalysts is usually rather poor. Metal-free catalysts have unique advantages such as environmental friendliness, low costs, and long-term stability, making them promising materials for CTL-based sensors. Herein, we report the fabrication of a CTL sensor based on a metal-free catalyst. F-doped cage-like SiC was synthesized by wet chemical etching. The as-prepared products showed a rapid, stable, highly selective, and sensitive cataluminescent response to H2S. The stability of the sensor was demonstrated to be fairly good for at least 15 days. After CTL tests, F-doped cage-like SiC retained its original morphology, structure, and chemical composition. In addition, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a metal-free CTL sensor. Metal-free catalysts are environmentally friendly and low in cost and exhibit long-term stability, which could open a new avenue of CTL sensing.