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Title: Reversible MOF-Based Sensors for the Electrical Detection of Iodine Gas

Abstract

Iodine detection is crucial for nuclear waste clean-up and first responder activities. For ease of use and durability of response, robust active materials that enable the direct electrical detection of I2 are needed. Herein, a large reversible electrical response is demonstrated as I2 is controllably and repeatedly adsorbed and desorbed from a series of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) MFM-300(X), each possessing a different metal center (X = Al, Fe, In, or Sc) bridged by biphenyl-3,3',5,5'-tetracarboxylate linkers. Impedance spectroscopy is used to evaluate how the different metal centers influence the electrical response upon cycling of I2 gas, ranging from 10× to 106× decrease in resistance upon I2 adsorption in air. This large variation in electrical response is attributed not only to the differing structural characteristics of the MOFs but also to the differing MOF morphologies and how this influences the degree of reversibility of I2 adsorption. Interestingly, MFM-300(Al) and MFM-300(In) displayed the largest changes in resistance (up to 106×) yet lost much of their adsorption capacity after five I2 adsorption cycles in air. On the other hand, MFM-300(Fe) and MFM-300(Sc) revealed more moderate changes in resistance (10–100×), maintaining most of their original adsorption capacity after five cycles. This work demonstrates how changesmore » in MOFs can profoundly affect the magnitude and reversibility of the electrical response of sensor materials. Tuning both the intrinsic (resistivity and adsorption capacity) and extrinsic (surface area and particle morphology) properties is necessary to develop highly reversible, large signal-generating MOF materials for direct electrical readout for I2 sensing.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque 87185, New Mexico, United States
  2. Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, New York 11794, United States
  3. School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1571695
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1574480
Report Number(s):
SAND-2019-13634J
Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Journal Volume: 11 Journal Issue: 31; Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; metal−organic framework; MOF; iodine; nanoporous; impedance spectroscopy; sensor

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Small, Leo J., Hill, Ryan C., Krumhansl, James L., Schindelholz, Mara E., Chen, Zhihengyu, Chapman, Karena W., Zhang, Xinran, Yang, Sihai, Schröder, Martin, and Nenoff, Tina M. Reversible MOF-Based Sensors for the Electrical Detection of Iodine Gas. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1021/acsami.9b09938.
Small, Leo J., Hill, Ryan C., Krumhansl, James L., Schindelholz, Mara E., Chen, Zhihengyu, Chapman, Karena W., Zhang, Xinran, Yang, Sihai, Schröder, Martin, & Nenoff, Tina M. Reversible MOF-Based Sensors for the Electrical Detection of Iodine Gas. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b09938
Small, Leo J., Hill, Ryan C., Krumhansl, James L., Schindelholz, Mara E., Chen, Zhihengyu, Chapman, Karena W., Zhang, Xinran, Yang, Sihai, Schröder, Martin, and Nenoff, Tina M. Wed . "Reversible MOF-Based Sensors for the Electrical Detection of Iodine Gas". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b09938.
@article{osti_1571695,
title = {Reversible MOF-Based Sensors for the Electrical Detection of Iodine Gas},
author = {Small, Leo J. and Hill, Ryan C. and Krumhansl, James L. and Schindelholz, Mara E. and Chen, Zhihengyu and Chapman, Karena W. and Zhang, Xinran and Yang, Sihai and Schröder, Martin and Nenoff, Tina M.},
abstractNote = {Iodine detection is crucial for nuclear waste clean-up and first responder activities. For ease of use and durability of response, robust active materials that enable the direct electrical detection of I2 are needed. Herein, a large reversible electrical response is demonstrated as I2 is controllably and repeatedly adsorbed and desorbed from a series of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) MFM-300(X), each possessing a different metal center (X = Al, Fe, In, or Sc) bridged by biphenyl-3,3',5,5'-tetracarboxylate linkers. Impedance spectroscopy is used to evaluate how the different metal centers influence the electrical response upon cycling of I2 gas, ranging from 10× to 106× decrease in resistance upon I2 adsorption in air. This large variation in electrical response is attributed not only to the differing structural characteristics of the MOFs but also to the differing MOF morphologies and how this influences the degree of reversibility of I2 adsorption. Interestingly, MFM-300(Al) and MFM-300(In) displayed the largest changes in resistance (up to 106×) yet lost much of their adsorption capacity after five I2 adsorption cycles in air. On the other hand, MFM-300(Fe) and MFM-300(Sc) revealed more moderate changes in resistance (10–100×), maintaining most of their original adsorption capacity after five cycles. This work demonstrates how changes in MOFs can profoundly affect the magnitude and reversibility of the electrical response of sensor materials. Tuning both the intrinsic (resistivity and adsorption capacity) and extrinsic (surface area and particle morphology) properties is necessary to develop highly reversible, large signal-generating MOF materials for direct electrical readout for I2 sensing.},
doi = {10.1021/acsami.9b09938},
journal = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},
number = 31,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Wed Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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