Graphene-metal sulfide composite based gas sensors for environmental sustainability: A review

In this modern era, maintaining a sustainable environment is pivotal and hence, a detailed review on gas sensors for quantification of toxic environmental pollutants is critical. In this paper, an extensive review on advancements in gas sensors developed using graphene-metal sulfide composites is di...

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Main Authors: Deepak Balram, Kuang-Yow Lian, Neethu Sebastian, Vineet Kumar, Virendra Kumar Yadav, Ashish Patel, Kulvinder Singh
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description In this modern era, maintaining a sustainable environment is pivotal and hence, a detailed review on gas sensors for quantification of toxic environmental pollutants is critical. In this paper, an extensive review on advancements in gas sensors developed using graphene-metal sulfide composites is discussed. Although graphene is an intriguing material with high sensitivity for determination of gases at low concentrations, its poor selectivity is a hindrance towards fabrication of high-performance gas sensors. Hence, hybrid nanocomposites prepared by embedding graphene and its derivatives with various metal sulfides including molybdenum sulfide (MoS2), tin sulfide (SnS2), tungsten sulfide (WS2), cadmium sulfide (CdS) etc. were utilized in gas sensor fabrication with enhanced sensing capabilities. Related investigations revealed that gas sensors using graphene-metal sulfide nanohybrids could be effectively used in detection of individual molecules of toxic gas including NOx, NH3, H2S, SO2, HCHO, CO2, CO, CH4, C3H6O and so on at very low concentrations with good sensitivity and selectivity. A comparative evaluation of various performance parameters revealed that toxic gases were determined with a limit of detection and concentration as low as 0.6 ppb and 0.05 ppm respectively, using graphene-metal sulfide based gas sensors. This review reflects the fact that advancements in material synthesis has led to improvement in gas sensing performances as evidenced from the comparatively better performance metrics reported in recently published articles which utilized hybrid nanocomposites as sensing material.
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spelling doaj-art-789cb092af0e415cbe0597369832d2042025-01-04T04:57:07ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Sensors International2666-35112024-01-015100269Graphene-metal sulfide composite based gas sensors for environmental sustainability: A reviewDeepak Balram0Kuang-Yow Lian1Neethu Sebastian2Vineet Kumar3Virendra Kumar Yadav4Ashish Patel5Kulvinder Singh6Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Zhongxiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, ROCDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Zhongxiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, ROC; Corresponding author.)Institute of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Department of Molecular Science and Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Zhongxiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, ROCDepartment of Biotechnology, School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, 144111, IndiaDepartment of Life Sciences, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan, 384265, Gujarat, IndiaDepartment of Life Sciences, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan, 384265, Gujarat, IndiaDepartment of Chemistry, DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh, UT, 160011, IndiaIn this modern era, maintaining a sustainable environment is pivotal and hence, a detailed review on gas sensors for quantification of toxic environmental pollutants is critical. In this paper, an extensive review on advancements in gas sensors developed using graphene-metal sulfide composites is discussed. Although graphene is an intriguing material with high sensitivity for determination of gases at low concentrations, its poor selectivity is a hindrance towards fabrication of high-performance gas sensors. Hence, hybrid nanocomposites prepared by embedding graphene and its derivatives with various metal sulfides including molybdenum sulfide (MoS2), tin sulfide (SnS2), tungsten sulfide (WS2), cadmium sulfide (CdS) etc. were utilized in gas sensor fabrication with enhanced sensing capabilities. Related investigations revealed that gas sensors using graphene-metal sulfide nanohybrids could be effectively used in detection of individual molecules of toxic gas including NOx, NH3, H2S, SO2, HCHO, CO2, CO, CH4, C3H6O and so on at very low concentrations with good sensitivity and selectivity. A comparative evaluation of various performance parameters revealed that toxic gases were determined with a limit of detection and concentration as low as 0.6 ppb and 0.05 ppm respectively, using graphene-metal sulfide based gas sensors. This review reflects the fact that advancements in material synthesis has led to improvement in gas sensing performances as evidenced from the comparatively better performance metrics reported in recently published articles which utilized hybrid nanocomposites as sensing material.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666351123000438GrapheneMetal sulfidesAir pollutionGas sensorEnvironmental sustainability
spellingShingle Deepak Balram
Kuang-Yow Lian
Neethu Sebastian
Vineet Kumar
Virendra Kumar Yadav
Ashish Patel
Kulvinder Singh
Graphene-metal sulfide composite based gas sensors for environmental sustainability: A review
Sensors International
Graphene
Metal sulfides
Air pollution
Gas sensor
Environmental sustainability
title Graphene-metal sulfide composite based gas sensors for environmental sustainability: A review
title_full Graphene-metal sulfide composite based gas sensors for environmental sustainability: A review
title_fullStr Graphene-metal sulfide composite based gas sensors for environmental sustainability: A review
title_full_unstemmed Graphene-metal sulfide composite based gas sensors for environmental sustainability: A review
title_short Graphene-metal sulfide composite based gas sensors for environmental sustainability: A review
title_sort graphene metal sulfide composite based gas sensors for environmental sustainability a review
topic Graphene
Metal sulfides
Air pollution
Gas sensor
Environmental sustainability
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666351123000438
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