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Versatile zeolite overlayer on ZnO film enabling high-performance bilayer NO2 sensoring

Tianshuang Wang1,2,3,§, Yiheng Li1,§, Dan Li1, Peng Sun2,3( ), Xiaowei Song1( ), Geyu Lu2,3, Jihong Yu1,3( )
State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, China
State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, China
International Center of Future Science, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, China

§ Tianshuang Wang and Yiheng Li contributed equally to this work.

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A facile strategy using Pd-PdO clusters-encapsulated zeolite as functional overlayer on ZnO sensing film has been proposed to fabricate high-performance bilayer NO2 sensor with humidity-independent properties.

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Bilayer structure with functional overlayer has been commonly adopted to resolve the issue of moisture poisoning in chemiresistors. However, the conventional overlayers always suffer from blocking access of gas molecules to sensing layer due to lacking porosity and deteriorated adsorption capability. Herein, taking advantages of the well-defined porous structure and hydrophobic nature of pure silica zeolite, we assembled an overlayer of Pd-PdO clusters-encapsulated mesoporous silicalite-1 (MFI) zeolite (named M-S-1) on ZnO sensing layer, to prevent moisture poisoning, and enhance gas diffusion and adsorption capabilities. The inherent capability of MFI zeolite to incorporate monodispersed nanometric (ca. 3 nm) Pd-PdO cluster in its void space is of great importance for the NO2 adsorption. The Pd-PdO@M-S-1 overlayer can attain negligible moisture interference to the ZnO layer without significantly altering the gas selectivity and baseline resistance, and enhance gas response. Consequently, the Pd-PdO@M-S-1/ZnO bilayer sensor can ultra-selectively (Snitrogen dioxide/Sinterference gas > 4), and ultra-stably detect trace level of NO2 (9.5 ppb) at low temperature (370 K) under high levels of humidity (90% RH). This work exemplifies a next-generation solution to design bilayer sensors using zeolite overlayer for eliminating the humidity dependence of the gas-sensing properties.

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zeolitesmetal clustersbilayer structureNO2 chemiresistor

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Nano Research
Volume 17 Issue 10,
October 2024
Pages 9193-9201
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-024-6695-1
Cite this article:
Wang T, Li Y, Li D, et al. Versatile zeolite overlayer on ZnO film enabling high-performance bilayer NO2 sensoring. Nano Research, 2024, 17(10): 9193-9201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-024-6695-1
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Received: 01 February 2024
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