In this paper,bottom contact organic thin-film transistor(OTFT)gas sensors were prepared.Silicon dioxide(SiO2)and titanium/aurum(Ti/Au)were used as the insulating layer and the electrode for the device,respectively.Th...In this paper,bottom contact organic thin-film transistor(OTFT)gas sensors were prepared.Silicon dioxide(SiO2)and titanium/aurum(Ti/Au)were used as the insulating layer and the electrode for the device,respectively.The multi-walled carbon nanotubes(MWCNTs)/α-sexithiophene(α-6T)bilayer films were used as the active layer,andα-6T single layer sensitive film was also prepared for comparison purpose.The electrical and trace NO2-sening properties of these two OTFT gas sensors were tested and analyzed.The results showed that,the OTFT device based on MWCNTs/α-6T bilayer had obviously better electrical properties,better stabilities and higher NO2-sening response values than the device withα-6T single layer,in which both the carrier mobility(μ)and on/off current ratio enhanced two order of magnitude.The improved performance of bilayer OTFT can be explained that MWCNTs acted as highly conducting bridges connecting the crystalline terraces in theα-6T film.Threshold voltage(VT),carrier mobility,on/off current ratio and grid current which showed extremely similar variation trend as source-drain current,were optional parameters to reveal the gas-sensing characteristic of OTFT gas sensors.Morphology analysis showed that the special feature of MWCNTs had certain influence on the gas-sensing properties.展开更多
The bilayer poly(ethylene oxide)/multiple-walled carbon nanotubes(PEO/MWCNTs) and three-layer PEO/MWCNTs/PEO composite thin films were fabricated with the spraying process on the interdigitated transducers(IDTs) as ga...The bilayer poly(ethylene oxide)/multiple-walled carbon nanotubes(PEO/MWCNTs) and three-layer PEO/MWCNTs/PEO composite thin films were fabricated with the spraying process on the interdigitated transducers(IDTs) as gas sensors for toluene-sensing application.Compared with the bilayer thin film sensor,the sensor with three-layer thin films exhibited higher response values and better recovery property.The microstructures of sensing films were characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM) to indicate that the better sensing response of three-layer thin films might be ascribed to the sufficient adsorption of toluene molecules on the surfaces of upper and bottom PEO films.The selectivity of the three-layer film sensor was further investigated by comparing responses upon exposure to different interference vapors with the response to toluene exposure,and much higher response was observed in the case of toluene.Good repeatability of the three-layer film sensor was also observed.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61176066,61101031)
文摘In this paper,bottom contact organic thin-film transistor(OTFT)gas sensors were prepared.Silicon dioxide(SiO2)and titanium/aurum(Ti/Au)were used as the insulating layer and the electrode for the device,respectively.The multi-walled carbon nanotubes(MWCNTs)/α-sexithiophene(α-6T)bilayer films were used as the active layer,andα-6T single layer sensitive film was also prepared for comparison purpose.The electrical and trace NO2-sening properties of these two OTFT gas sensors were tested and analyzed.The results showed that,the OTFT device based on MWCNTs/α-6T bilayer had obviously better electrical properties,better stabilities and higher NO2-sening response values than the device withα-6T single layer,in which both the carrier mobility(μ)and on/off current ratio enhanced two order of magnitude.The improved performance of bilayer OTFT can be explained that MWCNTs acted as highly conducting bridges connecting the crystalline terraces in theα-6T film.Threshold voltage(VT),carrier mobility,on/off current ratio and grid current which showed extremely similar variation trend as source-drain current,were optional parameters to reveal the gas-sensing characteristic of OTFT gas sensors.Morphology analysis showed that the special feature of MWCNTs had certain influence on the gas-sensing properties.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61176066 and 61101031)
文摘The bilayer poly(ethylene oxide)/multiple-walled carbon nanotubes(PEO/MWCNTs) and three-layer PEO/MWCNTs/PEO composite thin films were fabricated with the spraying process on the interdigitated transducers(IDTs) as gas sensors for toluene-sensing application.Compared with the bilayer thin film sensor,the sensor with three-layer thin films exhibited higher response values and better recovery property.The microstructures of sensing films were characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM) to indicate that the better sensing response of three-layer thin films might be ascribed to the sufficient adsorption of toluene molecules on the surfaces of upper and bottom PEO films.The selectivity of the three-layer film sensor was further investigated by comparing responses upon exposure to different interference vapors with the response to toluene exposure,and much higher response was observed in the case of toluene.Good repeatability of the three-layer film sensor was also observed.
