Ratiometric optical oxygen sensor based on perovskite quantum dots and Rh110 embedded in an ethyl cellulose matrix

Abstract

Ratiometric optical sensor gas sensing continues to develop optical sensing techniques and materials used in various industrial and environmental applications. This research focuses on a new ratiometric optical sensor using the development of new material of FAPbI3 perovskite QDs and a simple method to detect oxygen (O2) gas. FAPbI3 perovskite QDs are used as an indicator of oxygen gas, and rhodamine 110 (Rh 110) is a reference material in a ratiometric optical sensor. All of the sensing and reference materials are embedded in an ethyl cellulose (EC) matrix and coated on the surface of the filter paper. Using a UV LED with a central wavelength of 380 nm as the excitation light source, the emission spectra results show that the emission wavelengths of the oxygen-sensitive dye (O2) FAPbI3 perovskite QDs do not overlap with the Rh 110 reference signal. Thus, oxygen concentration can be measured using a ratiometric fluorescence reference-based approach. The sensing signal will be obtained in the presence of analyte gas in the ratiometric sensitivity of R0/R100, where R0 and R100 represent the luminescence intensity detected in 100% nitrogen and 100% oxygen concentrations, respectively. The experimental results show the optical oxygen sensor's sensitivity as R0/R100 = 12.7. In addition, the response time and recovery of the oxygen gas sensor produced are 75 s and 93 s, respectively. The use of a new type of FAPbI3 perovskite QDs material has been successfully developed in the optical ratiometric sensor for oxygen gas. The sensor proposed in this study has a low cost and easy fabrication process. The effect of spurious fluctuations in the excitation source intensity can be suppressed by the ratiometric optical sensing method.