Electrospun PEDOT:PSS/carbon nanotubes/PVP nanofibers as chemiresistors for aromatic volatile organic compounds

Jaewon Choi, Dong Wha Park, Sang Eun Shim

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Abstract

PEDOT:PSS/MWCNTsCOOH/PVP and PEDOT:PSS/PVP nanofibers were successfully fabricated by electrospinning in order to use as a chemiresistor for detecting the aromatic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for the first time. The response magnitudes and the cyclic tests of electrospun PEDOT:PSS/MWCNTsCOOH/PVP and PEDOT:PSS/PVP nanofibers to benzene, toluene, and o-xylene vapors were investigated. It was found that electrospun PEDOT:PSS/MWCNTsCOOH/PVP nanofibers showed much enhanced response magnitude than that of electrospun PEDOT:PSS/PVP nanofibers to benzene, toluene, and o-xylene, respectively. Also, electrospun PEDOT:PSS/MWCNTsCOOH/PVP and PEDOT:PSS/PVP nanofibers displayed reversible and reproducible responses to benzene vapor at room temperature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1513-1518
Number of pages6
JournalSynthetic Metals
Volume162
Issue number17-18
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2012

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by Regional Innovation Center for Environmental Technology of Thermal Plasma (ETTP) at Inha University designated by MOCIE.

Keywords

  • Carbon nanotubes
  • Chemical vapor sensor
  • Electrospinning
  • Nanofiber
  • PEDOT:PSS

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