Abstract
Based on Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) sensing platform, modifying functional groups was usually used to improve the performance of sensing materials. In this work, we reported a novel sensing material, carboxyl functionalized carbon nanocoil by acidification treatment. It was found that carboxyl functionalized carbon nanocoil had excellent reversible response to ammonia (NH3), and the response to 50 ppm NH3 was as high as 8.1 Hz. As a contrast, pristine carbon nanocoil had only 2 Hz response to 50 ppm NH3. The enhanced response should be ascribed to the hydrogen bond adsorption between carboxyl gropus and NH3 molecules. These results demonstrated that carboxyl functionalization could improve the NH3 sensing performance of carbon nanocoil, which has potential in monitoring NH3 in the future.
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