Title
Fully Transparent Gas Sensor Based on Carbon Nanotubes.
Abstract
In this paper, we demonstrate the feasibility of realization of transparent gas sensors based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Both sensing layer and electrodes consist of CNTs deposited by spray deposition. The transparent sensor-with a transmittance higher than 60% in both sensing layer and electrodes-is characterized towards NH3 and CO2 and compared with a reference sensor with the same active layer but evaporated Au electrodes. In particular, the sensitivity towards NH3 is virtually identical for both reference and transparent sensors, whereas the transparent device exhibits higher sensitivity to CO2 than the reference electrode. The effect of the spacing among consecutive electrodes is also studied, demonstrating that a wider spacing in fully CNT based sensors results in a higher sensitivity because of the higher sensing resistance, whereas this effect was not observed in gold electrodes, as their resistance can be neglected with respect to the resistance of the CNT sensing layer. Overall, the transparent sensors show performance comparable-if not superior-to the traditionally realized ones, opening the way for seamlessly integrated sensors, which do not compromise on quality.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.3390/s19204591
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
ammonia,CO2,single-walled,spray deposition,transparent electrodes
Reference electrode,Analytical chemistry,Active layer,Deposition (law),Transmittance,Engineering,Carbon nanotube,Optoelectronics,Electrode
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
19
20.0
1424-8220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Florin C Loghin100.34
Aniello Falco200.34
Jose F. Salmeron3103.72
Paolo Lugli412419.26
Alaa Abdellah500.34
Almudena Rivadeneyra600.34