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Electrolyte-gated SrCoOx FET sensor for highly sensitive detecting pH in extreme alkalinity solution

Han ZhouGaocan Qi( )Wenbin LiYuhang WangZhihao Yuan( )
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials & Devices, and Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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Electrolyte-gated field-effect-transistor (FET) SrCoOx sensor for direct pH detection of ultra-alkali solution on the principle of oxygen-ion migration between OH and oxygen-vacancy of non-stoichiometric SrCoOx channel.

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The pH monitoring is significantly important in chemical industry, biological process, and pollution treatment. However, it remains a great challenge to measure pH in extreme alkalinity conditions. Herein, we employ an electrolyte-gated field-effect-transistor (FET) strategy using non-stoichiometric SrCoOx with rich oxygen-vacancy defects as channel materials for detecting extreme alkalinity. The corresponding channel can provide effective oxygen-ion-migration sites for reversible transformation of OH ↔ O2− + H+ driven by electric field. The resultant electrolyte-gated FET sensor exhibits a sensitive linear response to high concentrations of alkaline solution, 1–20 M. Significantly, the sensor has the ability to directly indicate the pH values ranging from 14.0 to 17.0 in consideration of ion-activity coefficient data. This work offers a great possibility for directly detecting base concentration as well as pH values in extreme alkaline solutions.

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Zhou H, Qi G, Li W, et al. Electrolyte-gated SrCoOx FET sensor for highly sensitive detecting pH in extreme alkalinity solution. Nano Research, 2024, 17(4): 3079-3086. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-6148-2
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Received: 16 August 2023
Revised: 30 August 2023
Accepted: 30 August 2023
Published: 23 October 2023
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