Aerogel sheet of carbon nanotubes decorated with palladium nanoparticles for hydrogen gas sensing

作者:Kim Ju Hyeon; Jean Jei Gyeong; Ovalle Robles Raquel; Kang Tae June
来源:International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2018, 43(12): 6456-6461.
DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.01.090

摘要

In the development of hydrogen sensors, it is required to meet the demands of both high sensor performance as well as the ease of fabrication for mass production. For this purpose we proposed a chemiresistive hydrogen sensors based on an aerogel sheet of carbon nanotubes decorated with palladium nanoparticles (CNT/Pd sheet). The fabrication process is straightforward that a dry-spun CNT aerogel sheet is suspended between concentric electrodes followed by depositing Pd nanoparticles on CNT sheets by thermal evaporation. The present CNT/Pd sheet sensors can detect hydrogen at concentrations as low as 2 ppm at room temperature with a detection range from 2 to 1000 ppm. The aerogel nature of CNT/Pd sheet contributes to low detection limit and broad detection range of the CNT/Pd sensor. Relations between hydrogen concentration and sensor response and response time, and the effects of temperature on sensor performance were investigated.

  • 出版日期2018-3-22