Advances in gas sensors of tetrapyrrolato-rare earth sandwich-type complexes——Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Academician Guangxian Xu

In recent years,sandwich-type rare earth tetrapyrrole derivatives,have attracted more and more attention as material for conductimetric sensors.They have not only great chemical stability and processability,but also flexible molecular structure,which is a key to adjustable semiconductor properties.In this mini review,we focus mainly on the development of tetrapyrrolato-rare earth sandwich-type complexes as the semiconducting active layer in the gas sensors published in the last ten years(2010-2020).The main part includes two sections.In the single component gas sensing of sandwich rare earth tetrapyrrole complexes,we describe the influence factors of the single-component semiconducting active layer on the sensing performance of tetrapyrrolato-rare earth sandwich-type complexes,including substituents,central metals and π-conjugate systems.In the multi-component gas sensors,the synergistic effect between tetrapyrrolato-rare earth sandwich-type complex and other materials on improving sensitivity and conductivity has been discussed briefly.