Gas Mixer for Gas Sensor Calibration – Zhejiang University

SENSOR CALIBRATION

ACCURATE FLOW CONTROL

EASY TO USE

TARGET OF THE PROJECT

High sensitive reduced graphene oxide-based room temperature ionic liquid electrochemical gas sensor with carbon-gold nanocomposites amplification

Description of the Application.

Gas sensors have received extensive attraction due to their critical roles in environmental monitoring, industrial manufacture, and human safety. This paper for the first time introduces carbon-gold nanocomposites on a reduced graphene oxide-based electrochemical gas sensor for highly sensitive gas detection.

Carbon-gold nanocomposites (CGNs) were synthesized by glucose carbonization and gold nanoparticle deposition using the hydrothermal method. Reduced graphene oxide (RGO) was electrochemically deposited on a screen-printed gold electrode with subsequent modification of CGNs. To achieve a long lifetime and good stability, thin-film room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) was utilized as the electrolyte featuring negligible evaporation and a large potential window, thus implementing the highly sensitive RTIL-based electrochemical gas sensor.

The amplification effect of RGO and CGNs modification was investigated using cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, and transient double potential amperometry (DPA), which reveals the significant enhancement of sensor performance by synergic application of RGO and CGNs. The sensor was calibrated for oxygen detection from 0.42% to 21% with good sensitivity and linearity.

The reproducibility of the sensor using chronoamperometry and transient DPA was also studied with excellent reproducibility. The study paves a new way to implement highly sensitive electrochemical gas sensors for rapid monitoring of gas exposure.

READ THE SCIENTIFIC PAPERS.

Title: Rapid measurement of room temperature ionic liquid electrochemical gas sensor using transient double potential amperometry.

Title: Miniaturized planar room temperature ionic liquid electrochemical gas sensor for rapid multiple gas pollutants monitoring

Title: High sensitive reduced graphene oxide-based room temperature ionic liquid electrochemical gas sensor with carbon-gold nanocomposites amplification

▼ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY

Zhejiang University (ZJU) is one of China’s top higher education institutions, as well as one of its oldest; its roots can be traced back to 1897 and the founding of the Qiushi Academy.

Laying claim to several areas of research strength, ZJU currently ranks among the top three on Chinese mainland and within the top 100 in the Times.

Higher Education World Reputation Rankings and QS World University Rankings.

Ref: Zhejiang University Website

▼MAIN BENEFITS

Gas Mixer vs. Mass Flow Controller.

The GAS MIXER channels it’s more compact than typical flow controller meters and can be specifically calibrated on the mixture to be used.

Successful Achievement.

We helped the Zhejiang University to get highly precise and stable micro flows of gas to calibrate sensors in a easy way thanks to our instrument and software.