Swelling-Assisted Sequential Infiltration Synthesis of Nanoporous ZnO Films with Highly Accessible Pores and Their Sensing Potential for Ethanol
Abstract
Here, we report a swelling-assisted sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS) approach for the design of highly porous zinc oxide (ZnO) films by infiltration of block copolymer templates such as polystyrene-block- polyvinyl pyridine with inorganic precursors followed by UV ozone-assisted removal of the polymer template. We show that porous ZnO coatings with the thickness in the range between 140 and 420 nm can be obtained using only five cycles of SIS. The pores in ZnO fabricated via swelling-assisted SIS are highly accessible, and up to 98% of pores are available for solvent penetration. The XPS data indicate that the surface of nanoporous ZnO films is terminated with -OH groups. Density functional theory calculations show a lower energy barrier for ethanol-induced release of the oxygen restricted depletion layer in the case of the presence of -OH groups at the ZnO surface, and hence, it can lead to higher sensitivity in sensing of ethanol. We monitored the response of ZnO porous coatings with different thicknesses and porosities to ethanol vapors using combined mass-based and chemiresistive approaches at room temperature and 90 °C. The porous ZnO conformal coatings reveal a promising sensitivity toward detection of ethanol at low temperatures. In conclusion our results suggest themore »
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- Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); University of North Texas
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1864324
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; 2045662
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 30; Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; low-temperature sensitivity; ZnO; block-copolymer; chemiresistivity; ethanol sensing; nanoporous zinc oxide; quartz crystal microbalance; sequential infiltration synthesis
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Pleshek, Daniel, Tran, John, Li, Yuzhe, Shirani, Asghar, Shevchenko, Elena V., and Berman, Diana. Swelling-Assisted Sequential Infiltration Synthesis of Nanoporous ZnO Films with Highly Accessible Pores and Their Sensing Potential for Ethanol. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1021/acsami.1c08225.
Pleshek, Daniel, Tran, John, Li, Yuzhe, Shirani, Asghar, Shevchenko, Elena V., & Berman, Diana. Swelling-Assisted Sequential Infiltration Synthesis of Nanoporous ZnO Films with Highly Accessible Pores and Their Sensing Potential for Ethanol. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c08225
Pleshek, Daniel, Tran, John, Li, Yuzhe, Shirani, Asghar, Shevchenko, Elena V., and Berman, Diana. Fri .
"Swelling-Assisted Sequential Infiltration Synthesis of Nanoporous ZnO Films with Highly Accessible Pores and Their Sensing Potential for Ethanol". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c08225. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1864324.
@article{osti_1864324,
title = {Swelling-Assisted Sequential Infiltration Synthesis of Nanoporous ZnO Films with Highly Accessible Pores and Their Sensing Potential for Ethanol},
author = {Pleshek, Daniel and Tran, John and Li, Yuzhe and Shirani, Asghar and Shevchenko, Elena V. and Berman, Diana},
abstractNote = {Here, we report a swelling-assisted sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS) approach for the design of highly porous zinc oxide (ZnO) films by infiltration of block copolymer templates such as polystyrene-block- polyvinyl pyridine with inorganic precursors followed by UV ozone-assisted removal of the polymer template. We show that porous ZnO coatings with the thickness in the range between 140 and 420 nm can be obtained using only five cycles of SIS. The pores in ZnO fabricated via swelling-assisted SIS are highly accessible, and up to 98% of pores are available for solvent penetration. The XPS data indicate that the surface of nanoporous ZnO films is terminated with -OH groups. Density functional theory calculations show a lower energy barrier for ethanol-induced release of the oxygen restricted depletion layer in the case of the presence of -OH groups at the ZnO surface, and hence, it can lead to higher sensitivity in sensing of ethanol. We monitored the response of ZnO porous coatings with different thicknesses and porosities to ethanol vapors using combined mass-based and chemiresistive approaches at room temperature and 90 °C. The porous ZnO conformal coatings reveal a promising sensitivity toward detection of ethanol at low temperatures. In conclusion our results suggest the excellent potential of the SIS approach for the design of conformal ZnO coatings with controlled porosity, thickness, and composition that can be adapted for sensing applications.},
doi = {10.1021/acsami.1c08225},
journal = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},
number = 30,
volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Fri Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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