Preparation, Characterization and Sensitive Gas Sensing of Conductive Core-sheath TiO2-PEDOT Nanocables 英文参考文献.docVIP

Sensors 2009, 9, 6752-6763; doi:10.3390/OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Preparation, Characterization and Sensitive Gas Sensing of Conductive Core-sheath TiO2-PEDOT Nanocables Ying Wang, Wenzhao Jia, Timothy Strout, Yu Ding and Yu Lei * Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, 191 Auditorium Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; E-Mails: ywang@ (Y.W.); wenzhao.jia@ (W.J.); tim.strout@ (T.S.); yud08001@ (Y.D.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ylei@; Tel.: +1-860-486-4554; Fax: +1-860-486-2959. Received: 10 August 2009; in revised form: 20 August 2009/ Accepted: 21 August 2009 / Published: 27 August 2009 Abstract: Conductive core-sheath TiO2-PEDOT nanocables were prepared using electrospun TiO2 nanofibers as template, followed by vapor phase polymerization of EDOT. Various techniques were employed to characterize the sample. The results reveal that the TiO2 core has an average diameter of ~78 nm while the PEDOT sheath has a uniform thickness of ~6 nm. The as-prepared TiO2-PEDOT nanocables display a fast and reversible response to gaseous NO2 and NH3 with a limit of detection as low as 7 ppb and 675 ppb (S/N=3), respectively. This study provides a route for the synthesis of conductive nanostructures which show excellent performance for sensing applications. Keywords: poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene); nanocables; gas sensor; vapor phase polymerization; electrospinning 1. Introduction Controllable synthesis of conducting polymer nanostructures has been intensively investigated in the past decades due to their unique optical and electronic properties. Among various methods in the synthesis of conducting polymer nanostructures, the template method is the most efficient and controllable one [1,2]. Various templates such as carbon nanotubes and anodic alumina