Abstract
This work presents a study on the influence of eight different ionic liquids (ILs) in the composition of dry membranes used for gaseous CO2 optical sensing. The presence of CO2 causes a displacement of a colorimetric pH indicator toward its acid form that increases the emission intensity of the luminophore by an inner filter process. The influence of ILs in the membrane on the stability and dynamic behavior-usually the main drawbacks of these sensors-of the membranes is studied. The characterization of the different membranes prepared was carried out and the discussion of the results is presented. In all cases, the response and recovery times improved considerably, with the best case being response times of only 10s and recovery times of 48s, compared to response and recovery times of 41 and 100s, respectively, for membranes without IL. The useful life of the detection membranes is also considerably longer than that of membranes that do not include IL, at least 292days in the best case. The sensing membrane without luminophore and only containing the pH indicator is proposed for the color-based measurement of CO2 using a digital camera for possible use in food-packaging technology. Graphical abstract ᅟ.
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