TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancement in operational current of PTB7 based ammonia gas sensor utilizing F4-TCNQ as P-type dopant
AU - Chen, Bing Xin
AU - Chen, Li-Yin
AU - Zan, Hsiao Wen
AU - Meng, Hsin-Fei
AU - Hsieh, Chung An
AU - Yang, Jin Bin
AU - Chen, Mei Hsin
AU - Cheng, Yu Hsiang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2022/6/15
Y1 - 2022/6/15
N2 - We demonstrate a (poly[(4,8-bis(2-ethylhexyloxy)-benzo-(1,2-b:4,5-b)dithiophene)− 2,6-diyl-alt-(4-(2-ethylhexyl)− 3-fluorothieno[3,4-b]thiophene-)− 2-carboxylate-2,6-diyl)]) (PTB7) based ammonia gas sensor with high operational current up to 10−4 A. Using (2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane) (F4-TCNQ) as a p-type dopant for PTB7, the operation current under driving voltage of 5 V was effectively increased to 1.5×10−4 A, while that of a standard device was only 3×10−6 A. According to the study of space-charge-limited current and ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS), the enhanced operational current can be attributed both to the higher mobility and lower carrier injection barrier of the F4-TCNQ doped PTB7. Detailed comparative analysis between the F4-TCNQ doped sensor and the non-doped sensor was also studied. The increased operational current and the current drop during sensing of the F4-TCNQ doped sensors are both beneficial to the realization of low-cost circuitry sensing system, which demonstrates the potential of the strategy of utilizing p-type doping in organic gas sensors for the developing of affordable point-to-care (POC) devices.
AB - We demonstrate a (poly[(4,8-bis(2-ethylhexyloxy)-benzo-(1,2-b:4,5-b)dithiophene)− 2,6-diyl-alt-(4-(2-ethylhexyl)− 3-fluorothieno[3,4-b]thiophene-)− 2-carboxylate-2,6-diyl)]) (PTB7) based ammonia gas sensor with high operational current up to 10−4 A. Using (2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane) (F4-TCNQ) as a p-type dopant for PTB7, the operation current under driving voltage of 5 V was effectively increased to 1.5×10−4 A, while that of a standard device was only 3×10−6 A. According to the study of space-charge-limited current and ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS), the enhanced operational current can be attributed both to the higher mobility and lower carrier injection barrier of the F4-TCNQ doped PTB7. Detailed comparative analysis between the F4-TCNQ doped sensor and the non-doped sensor was also studied. The increased operational current and the current drop during sensing of the F4-TCNQ doped sensors are both beneficial to the realization of low-cost circuitry sensing system, which demonstrates the potential of the strategy of utilizing p-type doping in organic gas sensors for the developing of affordable point-to-care (POC) devices.
KW - Ammonia gas sensor
KW - Breath ammonia
KW - Carrier mobility
KW - Noninvasive detection
KW - P-type dopant
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U2 - 10.1016/j.snb.2022.131723
DO - 10.1016/j.snb.2022.131723
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85126692190
SN - 0925-4005
VL - 361
JO - Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical
JF - Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical
M1 - 131723
ER -