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Title: Ultrasensitive Molecular Sensors Based on Real‐Time Impedance Spectroscopy in Solution‐Processed 2D Materials
Abstract

Chemical sensors based on solution‐processed 2D nanomaterials represent an extremely attractive approach toward scalable and low‐cost devices. Through the implementation of real‐time impedance spectroscopy and development of a three‐element circuit model, redox exfoliated MoS2nanoflakes demonstrate an ultrasensitive empirical detection limit of NO2gas at 1 ppb, with an extrapolated ultimate detection limit approaching 63 ppt. This sensor construct reveals a more than three orders of magnitude improvement from conventional direct current sensing approaches as the traditionally dominant interflake interactions are bypassed in favor of selectively extracting intraflake doping effects. This same approach allows for an all solution‐processed, flexible 2D sensor to be fabricated on a polyimide substrate using a combination of graphene contacts and drop‐casted MoS2nanoflakes, exhibiting similar sensitivity limits. Finally, a thermal annealing strategy is used to explore the tunability of the nanoflake interactions and subsequent circuit model fit, with a demonstrated sensitivity improvement of 2× with thermal annealing at 200 °C.

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Award ID(s):
2037026 2039268
NSF-PAR ID:
10364121
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Advanced Functional Materials
Volume:
32
Issue:
12
ISSN:
1616-301X
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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