Metal-organic framework (MOF)/reduced graphene oxide (rGO) composite for high performance CO sensor

Abstract

High performance gas sensors are urgently needed for the welfare of modern society. A challenge for sensors to detect analytes is its high response time. Herein, a carbon monoxide sensor has been fabricated using a NiO-based metal–organic framework(MOF)/reduced graphene oxide(rGO) composite. Synthesis of NiO-MOF and NiO-MOF/rGO were carried out by hydrothermal method. All the synthesized materials were multi parametrically tested by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Raman spectroscopy, UV–visible spectroscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Field emission scanning electron microscopy (Fe-SEM), Current-Voltage characteristics (I-V), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis (BET), etc. for their structural, spectroscopic, morphological, electrical, and surface properties respectively. The NiO-MOF/rGO based chemiresistive sensor fabricated on a glass substrate with a 100 µm gap through a shadow mask using an e-beam evaporator is stable up to 30 days and shows a selective response towards CO with excellent response and recovery, i.e. 30 s and 70 s respectively at 25 ppm.