Highly Conductive and Flexible Dopamine–Graphene Hybrid Electronic Textile Yarn for Sensitive and Selective NO2 Detection

SW Lee, HG Jung, I Kim, D Lee, W Kim… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
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Graphene-based electronic textile (e-textile) gas sensors have been developed for detecting
hazardous NO2 gas. For the e-textile gas sensor, electrical conductivity is a critical factor
because it directly affects its sensitivity. To obtain a highly conductive e-textile, biomolecules
have been used for gluing the graphene to the textile surface, though there remain areas to
improve, such as poor conductivity and flexibility. Herein, we have developed a dopamine–
graphene hybrid electronic textile yarn (DGY) where the dopamine is used as a bio-inspired …
Graphene-based electronic textile (e-textile) gas sensors have been developed for detecting hazardous NO2 gas. For the e-textile gas sensor, electrical conductivity is a critical factor because it directly affects its sensitivity. To obtain a highly conductive e-textile, biomolecules have been used for gluing the graphene to the textile surface, though there remain areas to improve, such as poor conductivity and flexibility. Herein, we have developed a dopamine–graphene hybrid electronic textile yarn (DGY) where the dopamine is used as a bio-inspired adhesive to attach graphene to the surface of yarns. The DGY shows improved electrical conductivity (∼40 times) compared to conventional graphene-based e-textile yarns with no glue. Moreover, it exhibited improved sensing performance in terms of short response time (∼2 min), high sensitivity (0.02 μA/ppm), and selectivity toward NO2. The mechanical flexibility and durability of the DGY were examined through a 1000-cycle bending test. For a practical application, the DGY was attempted to detect the NOx emitted from vehicles, including gasoline, diesel, and fuel cell electric vehicles. Our results demonstrated that the DGYs—as a graphene-based e-textile gas sensor for detecting NO2—are simple to fabricate, cheap, disposable, and mechanically stable.
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