AU2021101870A4 - A facile method to prepare gas sensing materials based on graphene-ZrO2 composites - Google Patents

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AU2021101870A4
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Abstract

As a kind of equipment to detect gas composition and concentration, gas-sensitive semiconductors are widely used in the detection of inflammable, explosive or harmful gases in factories, workshops and mines, to ensure the safety of life and property by preventing the disaster of fire, explosion and poisoning. As the core of sensors, gas sensitive materials determine the performance of sensors. In this patent, we propose a method to prepare graphene/ZrO2 composites for gas sensing applications. By placing ZrO2 particles in plasma reaction zone, methane or other organic compounds are introduced into the reaction system. Under the aid of hydrogen plasma, graphene can be easily and quickly synthesized on ZrO2 particles. This method can directly prepare graphene on ZrO2 particles to obtain graphene-coated ZrO2 with a larger specific surface area and a high surface carrier concentration, which makes it very sensitive to the surrounding environments. It provides a simple way to realize the preparation of carbon-coated ZrO2 composites which can be used in gas sensing devices where the adsorption or release of one gas molecule can be detected. 1

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As a kind of equipment to detect gas composition and concentration, gas-sensitive semiconductors are widely used in the detection of inflammable, explosive or harmful gases in factories, workshops and mines, to ensure the safety of life and property by preventing the disaster of fire, explosion and poisoning. As the core of sensors, gas sensitive materials determine the performance of sensors. In this patent, we propose a method to prepare graphene/ZrO2 composites for gas sensing applications. By placing ZrO2 particles in plasma reaction zone, methane or other organic compounds are introduced into the reaction system. Under the aid of hydrogen plasma, graphene can be easily and quickly synthesized on ZrO2 particles. This method can directly prepare graphene on ZrO2 particles to obtain graphene-coated ZrO2 with a larger specific surface area and a high surface carrier concentration, which makes it very sensitive to the surrounding environments. It provides a simple way to realize the preparation of carbon-coated ZrO2 composites which can be used in gas sensing devices where the adsorption or release of one gas molecule can be detected.
1. Background and Purpose
As a device for detecting gas composition and concentration, gas sensors are widely used in the detection of various flammable, explosive or harmful gases in factories, workshops and mines, and the detection of household flammable gas leakage, so as to achieve the protection of fire, explosion and poisoning, to ensure the safety of life and property. As the core of sensors, the gas-sensitive materials determine the detecting performance of sensors. Electrons are exchanged between the gas adsorbed on the semiconductor surface and the semiconductor, which causes the variety of resistivity, surface potential and rectification characteristics.
Graphene has a unique two-dimensional atomic layer structure, high electron mobility and large specific surface area, making it an ideal gas-sensitive material. First of all, graphene has a large theoretical specific surface area (2630M 2 /G). All the atoms of a single-layer graphene sheet can be considered as surface atoms and molecules that can adsorb gases, providing the largest sensing area per unit volume. Secondly, the charge carriers of graphene have a rest mass of zero close to its Dirac point and graphene exhibits a significantly higher carrier mobility at room temperature, making graphene more conductive than silver. At the same time, graphene has inherently low electrical noise. Due to its high-quality crystal lattice and its two-dimensional structure, it can shield more charge fluctuations than one-dimensional counterparts. A tiny variety in the resistance of the graphene sheet caused by the gas adsorption even dropped to the molecular level is detectable. ZrO2 has good permeability to visible light, excellent chemical stability in aqueous solution, and has specific conductivity and reflect infrared radiation characteristics, so it is widely used in lithium batteries, solar cells, liquid crystal displays, optoelectronic devices, transparent conductive Electrodes, infrared detection protection and other fields. Due to the small size effect, quantum size effect, surface effect and macroscopic quantum tunneling effect, ZrO2 nanomaterial has significant advantages at the physical properties of light, heat, electricity, sound, magnetism and other macroscopic properties compared with traditional ZrO2, by using which, the performance of sensor devices can be improved.
In the years since graphene was discovered, people have been constantly thinking of ways to open up its application fields. It is undoubtedly a promising way to combine with other materials. The application of metal oxides for gas sensing is relatively mature, but there are still many problems that have not been resolved, such as selectivity, operating temperature, stability, and working under oxygen-free conditions. To overcome the above problems, in the patent, we propose a microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD) method to synthesize graphene/ ZrO2 composites for gas sensors.
2. Description of the method to prepare gas sensing materials based on graphene/ZrO2 composites
2.1 The procedure of the preparation of gas sensing materials based on graphene/ZrO2composites
Step 1: To place ZrO2 particles with a diameter of 50-100nm into the reaction tube in the Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (MPCVD) device.
Step 2: To control the vacuum chamber at a pressure of 100150mbar.
Step 3: To carry the carbon sources with a flow rate of 10-100sccm by the working gas with a flow rate of 100-200sccm, which is going to be hydrogen, argon or the mixture of both, into the area where the microwave plasma reaction occurs. The carbon sources described are going to be one or several kinds of organic compounds containing carbon atoms of SP 3 or SP 2 such as methane, methanol, ethanol or methyl formate.
Step 4: To turn on the power supply of the MPCVD device and start the reaction to deposit graphene on ZrO2 particles with a growth time of 5-60 minutes.
Step 5: After the reaction, the graphene/ZrO2 composites with a high specific surface area is obtained.
Step 6: To characterize the gas sensing properties of the synthesized graphene/ZrO2 composites.
2.2 The components ofthe Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition system for growing gas sensing materials based on graphene/ZrO2composites
A microwave source with a power range of 0.5-kW is used to provide the microwave plasma. A reaction tube with a diameter of 2050mm are arranged inside the microwave source as reaction and protective chamber. A gas inlet pipe and a gas outlet pipe are connected with each end of the reaction tube for the inlet and outlet of gas respectively. A vacuum pump is employed to pump out the gas inside the reaction tube. A barometer is connected to the gas inlet pipe to monitor the pressure inside the tube. Two valves (valve I and valve II, see Fig. 1) are connected to the gas inlet pipe and gas outlet pipe to control the gas in/out or not respectively.
2.3 The procedure of the control of two valves
Step 1: To start the vacuum pump and keep it working during the whole synthesis process.
Step 2: To close the valve I and open the valve II to pump the reaction tube to vacuum.
Step 3: To close the valve II and then open the valve I to introduce the working gas.
Step 4: To open the valve II and then adjust the two valves to keep the vacuum tube at a certain pressure.
Step 5: To introduce the carbon sources into the reaction area to start the deposition and pump out the exhaust gas.
3. Examples of the preparation of gas sensing materials based on graphene/ZrO2 composites
3.1 Example 1
Step 1: To place 2g ZrO2 particles with a diameter of 100nm into the reaction tube with a diameter of 20mm in the MPCVD device.
Step 2: To close the valve I and open the valve II to pump the reaction tube to a vacuum pressure of100mbar.
Step 3: To open the valve I and inject the working gas hydrogen with a flow rate of 150sccm. Then the methane as carbon source is introduced with a flow rate of sccm carried by argon with a flow rate of 135sccm. Keep the hydrogen flow rate constant.
Step 4: To turn on the power supply of the MPCVD device and start the reaction to deposit graphene on ZrO2 particles with a microwave power of 0.75kW and growth time of 30 minutes.
Step 5: After the reaction, the graphene/ZrO2 composites with a high specific surface area is obtained (Fig. 2).
3.2 Example 2
Step 1: To place 6g ZrO2 particles with a diameter of 75nm into the reaction tube with a diameter of 30mm in the MPCVD device.
Step 2: To close the valve I and open the valve II to pump the reaction tube to a vacuum pressure of 150mbar.
Step 3: To open the valve I and inject the working gas hydrogen with a flow rate of 130sccm. Then the ethylene as carbon source is introduced with a flow rate of sccm carried by argon with a flow rate of 140sccm. Keep the hydrogen flow rate constant.
Step 4: To turn on the power supply of the MPCVD device and start the reaction to deposit graphene on ZrO2 particles with a microwave power of 0.5kW and growth time of 60 minutes.
Step 5: After the reaction, the graphene/ZrO2 composites with a high specific surface area is obtained (Fig. 3).
1. The procedure of the preparation of gas sensing materials based on graphene/ZrO2 composites
Step 1: To place ZrO2 particles with a diameter of 50-100nm into the reaction tube in the Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (MPCVD) device.
Step 2: To control the vacuum chamber at a pressure of 100150mbar.
Step 3: To carry the carbon sources with a flow rate of 10-100sccm by the working gas with a flow rate of 100-200sccm, which is going to be hydrogen, argon or the mixture of both, into the area where the microwave plasma reaction occurs. The carbon sources described are going to be one or several kinds of organic compounds containing carbon atoms of SP 3 or SP 2 such as methane, methanol, ethanol or methyl formate.
Step 4: To turn on the power supply of the MPCVD device and start the reaction to deposit graphene on ZrO2 particles with a growth time of 5-60 minutes.
Step 5: After the reaction, the graphene/ZrO2 composites with a high specific surface area is obtained.
Step 6: To characterize the gas sensing properties of the synthesized graphene/ZrO2 composites.
2. The components of the Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition system for preparing gas sensing materials based on graphene/ZrO2 composites are as follows:
A microwave source with a power range of 0.50-kW is used to provide the microwave plasma. A reaction tube with a diameter of 2050mm are arranged inside the microwave source as reaction and protective chamber. A gas inlet pipe and a gas outlet pipe are connected with each end of the reaction tube for the inlet and outlet of gas respectively. A vacuum pump is employed to pump out the gas inside the reaction tube. A barometer is connected to the gas inlet pipe to monitor the pressure inside the tube. Two valves (valve I and valve II, see Fig. 1) are connected to the gas inlet pipe and gas outlet pipe to control the gas in/out or not respectively.
3. The procedure of the control of two valves
Step 1: To start the vacuum pump and keep it working during the whole synthesis process.
Step 2: To close the valve I and open the valve II to pump the reaction tube to vacuum.
Step 3: To close the valve II and then open the valve I to introduce the working gas.
Step 4: To open the valve II and then adjust the two valves to keep the vacuum tube at a certain pressure.
Step 5: To introduce the carbon sources into the reaction area to start the deposition and pump out the exhaust gas.
Fig. 1 Schematic diagram of the MPCVD device
Fig. 2 Schematic diagram of the composite structure of graphene/SnO2
Fig. 3 SEM diagram of obtained graphene/SnO2 composites
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