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Title: Enhanced ZIF-8-enabled colorimetric CO2 sensing through dye-precursor synthesis

Abstract

The accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) within enclosed spaces, along with volatile organic compounds, under certain humidity, temperature, and ventilation conditions is associated with detrimental human health symptoms such as fatigue. Color-based chemical sensing is a promising approach to detect CO2 levels relevant to indoor air quality through producing fast, quantifiable output visible to the naked eye. In a prior work, a colorimetric gas sensor was fabricated through synthesizing the metal-organic framework, ZIF-8, as the adsorbent, followed by post-synthetic mixing with a dye, phenol red (PSP), and primary amine, ethylenediamine (ED). While this sensor (termed PSP-ED/ZIF-8) maintained its structural integrity in atmospheric conditions and exhibited an increasing fuchsia-to-yellow color change with increasing CO2 levels in dry environment, the colorimetric response greatly suffered in the presence of humid CO2. Here in this work, a significantly improved colorimetric CO2 sensor (referred to as ED/PSP:ZIF-8) is accomplished through directly incorporating phenol red in the ZIF-8 metal and linker precursor solutions and then blending with ethylenediamine. MATLAB-generated color distributions and in-situ ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopic studies quantitatively demonstrate an enhanced colorimetric gas response of ED/PSP:ZIF-8 compared to that of PSP-ED/ZIF-8 across an important range of CO2 for indoor air quality monitoring (500 – 3500 ppm)more » and across a range of humidity. The new sensor also exhibits high selectivity to CO2 compared to select volatile organic compounds, such as acetone and ethanol, which contribute to human health symptoms experienced indoors. The enhanced performance is attributed to the proposed incorporation of phenol red within ZIF-8, while maintaining the chemical stability of the MOF.« less

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  1. University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)
OSTI Identifier:
2278642
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OSTI ID: 1891359
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; 1903188; SC0019992; AC02-05-CH11231; KC1203; KCWF16
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Sensors and Actuators. B, Chemical
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 374; Journal ID: ISSN 0925-4005
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Indoor air quality; Volatile organic compound; in-situ ultraviolet-visible; UV-Vis; spectroscopy; dye-precursor synthesis

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Davey, Adrian K., Li, Zhou, Lefton, Natalie, Leonhardt, Branden E., Pourghaderi, Alireza, McElhany, Stuart, Popple, Derek, Dai, Chunhui, Kahn, Salman, Dods, Matthew N., Zettl, Alex, Carraro, Carlo, and Maboudian, Roya. Enhanced ZIF-8-enabled colorimetric CO2 sensing through dye-precursor synthesis. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1016/j.snb.2022.132783.
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Davey, Adrian K., Li, Zhou, Lefton, Natalie, Leonhardt, Branden E., Pourghaderi, Alireza, McElhany, Stuart, Popple, Derek, Dai, Chunhui, Kahn, Salman, Dods, Matthew N., Zettl, Alex, Carraro, Carlo, & Maboudian, Roya. Enhanced ZIF-8-enabled colorimetric CO2 sensing through dye-precursor synthesis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2022.132783
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Davey, Adrian K., Li, Zhou, Lefton, Natalie, Leonhardt, Branden E., Pourghaderi, Alireza, McElhany, Stuart, Popple, Derek, Dai, Chunhui, Kahn, Salman, Dods, Matthew N., Zettl, Alex, Carraro, Carlo, and Maboudian, Roya. Tue . "Enhanced ZIF-8-enabled colorimetric CO2 sensing through dye-precursor synthesis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2022.132783. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2278642.
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@article{osti_2278642,
title = {Enhanced ZIF-8-enabled colorimetric CO2 sensing through dye-precursor synthesis},
author = {Davey, Adrian K. and Li, Zhou and Lefton, Natalie and Leonhardt, Branden E. and Pourghaderi, Alireza and McElhany, Stuart and Popple, Derek and Dai, Chunhui and Kahn, Salman and Dods, Matthew N. and Zettl, Alex and Carraro, Carlo and Maboudian, Roya},
abstractNote = {The accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) within enclosed spaces, along with volatile organic compounds, under certain humidity, temperature, and ventilation conditions is associated with detrimental human health symptoms such as fatigue. Color-based chemical sensing is a promising approach to detect CO2 levels relevant to indoor air quality through producing fast, quantifiable output visible to the naked eye. In a prior work, a colorimetric gas sensor was fabricated through synthesizing the metal-organic framework, ZIF-8, as the adsorbent, followed by post-synthetic mixing with a dye, phenol red (PSP), and primary amine, ethylenediamine (ED). While this sensor (termed PSP-ED/ZIF-8) maintained its structural integrity in atmospheric conditions and exhibited an increasing fuchsia-to-yellow color change with increasing CO2 levels in dry environment, the colorimetric response greatly suffered in the presence of humid CO2. Here in this work, a significantly improved colorimetric CO2 sensor (referred to as ED/PSP:ZIF-8) is accomplished through directly incorporating phenol red in the ZIF-8 metal and linker precursor solutions and then blending with ethylenediamine. MATLAB-generated color distributions and in-situ ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopic studies quantitatively demonstrate an enhanced colorimetric gas response of ED/PSP:ZIF-8 compared to that of PSP-ED/ZIF-8 across an important range of CO2 for indoor air quality monitoring (500 – 3500 ppm) and across a range of humidity. The new sensor also exhibits high selectivity to CO2 compared to select volatile organic compounds, such as acetone and ethanol, which contribute to human health symptoms experienced indoors. The enhanced performance is attributed to the proposed incorporation of phenol red within ZIF-8, while maintaining the chemical stability of the MOF.},
doi = {10.1016/j.snb.2022.132783},
journal = {Sensors and Actuators. B, Chemical},
number = ,
volume = 374,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Tue Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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