Graphene-Based Hydrogen Gas Sensors: A Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Surface Functionalization of Graphene and Other Carbon Materials by Creation of Surface Heterogenous Centers
1.2. Carbon Surface Functionalization by Tailoring Structural Parameters
2. Hydrogen Gas Sensors
2.1. Semiconductor Metal Oxides as Receptor Materials for Hydrogen Sensing
2.2. Other Sensing Materials Applicable to Hydrogen Sensing
2.3. Graphene-Based Materials for Hydrogen Sensors
2.3.1. Graphene-Polymer Modified
2.3.2. Graphene-Metal Modified
2.3.3. Graphene-Metal Oxide Nanocomposite
3. Summary
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Sensor Material | Detection Level/Range | Operating Temperature | Response Time | Recovery Time | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RGO-PEDOT:PSS | 100 ppm | RT | ~30 s | ~25 s | [68] |
GR-PANI | 1 vol% | RT | ~25 s | – | [69] |
RGO-PANI | 1 vol% | RT | 20 s | 50 s | [70] |
PMMA/Pd NP/SLG | 0.025–2 vol% | RT | 1.81 min | 5.52 min | [71] |
Sensor Material | Detection Level/Range | Operating Temperature | Response Time | Recovery Time | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PdNPs/GR | 0.1–1% | RT | ~30 s | – | [72] |
Pt/GR | 1% | RT–175 °C | – | – | [73] |
Pt/RGO | 40–40,000 ppm | RT | – | – | [74] |
Pt/GR | 1% | RT–100 °C | ~65 s | – | [75] |
Pt/GR | 0.06–1% | 22–100 °C | – | – | [76] |
Pt/GR | 1% | RT | – | – | [77] |
Pt/GR | 4 vol% | RT | ~9 min | – | [78] |
PtNPs/GR | 1.6% | RT | 0.97 s | 0.92 s | [79] |
Pt/RGO | 0.5% | 50 °C | 63 s | 104 s | [80] |
Pt/GR | 102–104 ppm | RT, 40 °C | – | – | [81] |
Pt/GR | 1% | 160 °C | – | – | [82] |
Pd/GNRs | 1000 ppm | RT | 60 s | 90 s | [83] |
Pd/GR | 0.5–1% | RT | – | – | [84] |
Pd/MLGN | 40–8000 ppm | 20–100 °C | 3–8 s | 7–35 s | [85] |
Pd/SLG | 1000 ppm | RT | – | – | [86] |
Pt/RGO | 1–100 ppm | RT | – | – | [87] |
Pd/GR | 0.0025–1% | RT | 213 s | 463 s | [88] |
Pd/RGO | 3300 ppm | 30–75 °C | 700–1000 s | – | [89] |
Pd/GR | 1% | RT | – | – | [90] |
PtNPs/GR | 1–1000 ppm | RT | – | – | [91] |
Pd/GR | 6–1000 ppm | RT | – | – | [92] |
Ni-Pd/GR | 1–1000 ppm | RT | – | – | [93] |
Pd-Ag/GR | 1000 ppm | 70-190 °C | – | – | [94] |
Pd-ZnO/RGO | 1 ppb–500 ppm | 50 °C | – | – | [96] |
Pd-WO3/RGO | 50 ppm | 150–350 °C | – | – | [97] |
Pd/RGO | 0.16% | RT | – | – | [98] |
Pd/GO | 200–2000 ppm | RT | 10 min | 20 min | [99] |
Pd/GR | ~20 ppm | RT | ~18 s | – | [100] |
Pd/GR | 0.1–100 ppm | RT | – | – | [101] |
Pd-Pt/GR | 2% | −50–100 °C | <2 s | 18 s | [102] |
Sensor Material | Detection Level/Range | Operating Temperature | Response Time | Recovery Time | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SnO2/GR | 100 ppm | 50 °C | – | – | [115] |
SnO2/GO | 20–100 ppm | 20–150 °C | – | – | [116] |
Pd-SnO2/RGO | 0.5–3% | RT | 3–7 s | 2–6 s | [117] |
SnO2/GR | 100% | 150 °C | – | – | [118] |
Pd-SnO2/GR | 2% | 25–200 °C | – | – | [119] |
Pt or Pd-TiO2/RGO | 100–10,000 ppm | RT | <1 min | <1 min | [120] |
Pd-WO3/RGO | 20–10,000 ppm | RT–250 °C | <1 min | <1 min | [121] |
Pd-WO3/GR | 0.05 vol% | RT | 13 s | 43 s | [122] |
ZnO/RGO, SnO2/RGO | 10 ppm | 300–450 °C | – | – | [124] |
ZnO/GR | 200 ppm | 100–150 °C | 22–96 s | 90-190 s | [126] |
ZnO/RGO | 30–160 ppm | RT | – | – | [127] |
ZnO/RGO | 500 ppm | RT | 8 s | 612 s | [128] |
ZnO/GR | 0.06–1% | RT | – | – | [129] |
ZnO/CNT/GR | 1000 ppm | 300 °C | – | – | [130] |
TiO2/GR | 0.5% | 75–150 °C | 16 s | 61 s | [131] |
NiO/GR | 400–2000 ppm | 100–350 °C | – | – | [132] |
CuO/RGO | 50–1500 ppm | RT | 80 s | 60 s | [133] |
LiTaO3/GR | 1% | RT–40 °C | <1 min | 10 min | [134] |
GR | 50–1000 ppm | 25–100 °C | 18 s | 9 s | [135] |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleIlnicka, Anna, and Jerzy P. Lukaszewicz. 2020. "Graphene-Based Hydrogen Gas Sensors: A Review" Processes 8, no. 5: 633. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8050633
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