Conductometric Gas Sensor Based on MoO3 Nanoribbon Modified with rGO Nanosheets for Ethylenediamine Detection at Room Temperature

Abstract

An ethylenediamine (EDA) gas sensor based on a composite of MoO3 nanoribbon and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was fabricated in this work. MoO3 nanoribbon/rGO composites were synthesized using a hydrothermal process. The crystal structure, morphology, and elemental composition of MoO3/rGO were analyzed via XRD, FT-IR, Raman, TEM, SEM, XPS, and EPR characterization. The response value of MoO3/rGO to 100 ppm ethylenediamine was 843.7 at room temperature, 1.9 times higher than that of MoO3 nanoribbons. The MoO3/rGO sensor has a low detection limit (LOD) of 0.235 ppm, short response time (8 s), good selectivity, and long-term stability. The improved gas-sensitive performance of MoO3/rGO composites is mainly due to the excellent electron transport properties of graphene, the generation of heterojunctions, the higher content of oxygen vacancies, and the large specific surface area in the composites. This study presents a new approach to efficiently and selectively detect ethylenediamine vapor with low power.