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Preparation of Graphene Liquid Cells for the Observation of Lithium-ion Battery Material

In this work, we introduce the preparation of graphene liquid cells (GLCs), encapsulating both electrode materials and organic liquid electrolytes between ...

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

A bioelectronic nose, an intelligent chemical sensor array system coupled with bio-receptors to identify gases and vapours, resembles mammalian olfaction by which many vertebrates can sniff out volatile organic compounds (VOCs) sensitively and specifically even at very low concentrations. Olfaction is undertaken by the olfactory system, which detects odorants that are inhaled through the nose where they come into contact with the olfactory epithelium containing olfactory receptors (ORs). Because of its ability to mimic biological olfaction, a bio-inspired electronic nose has been used to detect a variety of important compounds in complex environments. Recently, biosensor systems have been introduced that combine nanoelectronic technology and olfactory receptors themselves as a source of capturing elements for biosensing. In this article, we will present the latest advances in bioelectronic nose technology mimicking the olfactory system, including biological recognition elements, emerging detection systems, production and immobilization of sensing elements on sensor surface, and applications of bioelectronic noses. Furthermore, current research trends and future challenges in this field will be discussed.

Applications and Advances in Bioelectronic Noses for Odour Sensing.

Reliable performances with a long lifetime are the most important factors of transparent conducting electrodes (TCEs). Here, we report a new synthesis strategy for high-performance TCEs based on the fusion of a polyimide (PI) substrate and silver layer-coated PI nanofibers. Due to the successful fusion of the substrate into the core without immiscibility, the as-synthesized TCEs showed excellent performances (a sheet resistance of 1.33 Ω sq-1 and a total optical transmittance of 88%) even after 100 000 bending cycles at a bending radius of 1.75 mm.

Metal nanotrough embedded colorless polyimide films: transparent conducting electrodes with exceptional flexibility and high conductivity.

In this work, we introduce a chitosan-Pt complex (CS-Pt) as an effective template for catalytic Pt sensitization and creation of abundant mesopores in SnO2 nanofibers (NFs). The Pt particles encapsulated by the CS exhibit ultrasmall size (∼2.6 nm) and high dispersion characteristics due to repulsion between CS molecules. By combining CS-Pt with electrospinning, mesoporous SnO2 NFs uniformly functionalized with the Pt catalyst (CS-Pt@SnO2 NFs) are synthesized. Particularly, numerous mesopores with diameters of ∼20 nm form through the decomposition of CS, while a small SnO2 grain size (14.32 nm) is achieved by the pinning effect of CS. It is observed that CS-Pt@SnO2 NFs exhibit outstanding response (Rair/Rgas = 141.92 at 5 ppm), excellent selectivity, stability, and fast response (12 s)/recovery (44 s) speed toward 1 ppm of acetone at 350 °C and high humidity (90% RH). In addition, by applying an exponential fitting tool to experimental response values toward 0.1-5 ppm of acetone, it is estimated that CS-Pt@SnO2 NFs can detect 5 ppb of acetone with a notable response (Rair/Rgas = 2.9). Furthermore, the sensor array based on CS-Pt@SnO2 NFs, CS-driven SnO2 NFs, polyol-Pt loaded SnO2 NFs, and dense SnO2 NFs obviously classifies simulated diabetic breath and healthy human breath by using a pattern recognition tool. These results clearly demonstrate that mesoporous SnO2 NFs, particularly functionalized with CS-Pt templated nanocatalysts, open up a new class of sensing layers offering high sensitivity and selectivity.

Il-Doo Kim

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Preparation of Graphene Liquid Cells for the Observation of Lithium-ion Battery Material

Il-Doo Kim

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Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Preparation of Graphene Liquid Cells for the Observation of Lithium-ion Battery Material

Department of Materials Science and Engineering