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Published on: June 9, 2023
Gas sensing behavior of metal-catecholates based MOFs
Ravindra Kumar Jha1, Meenu Murali2, Navakanta Bhat2
1Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati-781039, India.
Triphenylene ligand-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) show promise for gas sensing. Nickel-based MOFs detect ethyl alcohol, while bimetallic Nickel-Copper MOFs offer selectivity for hydrogen, nitrogen dioxide, and nitric oxide at room temperature.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Nanotechnology
- Chemical Engineering
Background:
- Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are advanced porous materials with tunable properties.
- Chemiresistive gas sensors offer a platform for detecting various analytes.
- Triphenylene ligands provide a versatile scaffold for MOF synthesis.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the gas sensing capabilities of triphenylene ligand-based MOFs.
- To explore the effect of metal composition (Ni, Cu) on MOF sensing performance.
- To evaluate MOFs for room-temperature detection of gases like ethyl alcohol, H2, NO2, and NO.
Main Methods:
- Synthesis of mono-metallic (Nickel) and bi-metallic (Nickel-Copper) catecholate MOFs.
- Fabrication of chemiresistive devices using synthesized MOFs.
- Room-temperature gas sensing experiments to evaluate sensitivity, selectivity, response, and recovery times.
- Systematic variation of metal ratios (Cu:Ni) in bimetallic MOFs.
Main Results:
- Nickel catecholate MOFs demonstrated high sensitivity to ethyl alcohol (5-100 ppm).
- 1D Cu0.6Ni0.4-CAT nanostructures selectively detected H2 (0.2-7 ppm) at room temperature.
- Cu0.4Ni0.6-CAT based devices showed selectivity towards NO2, with good performance for NO detection (10% hysteresis).
- Metal ion ratios significantly influence MOF sensing selectivity and sensitivity.
Conclusions:
- Triphenylene ligand-based MOFs are effective materials for room-temperature gas sensing.
- Tailoring metal composition in MOFs allows for the development of selective gas sensors.
- Rational synthetic design of MOFs can lead to highly sensitive and selective chemiresistive gas sensing devices.
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