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Vanadium oxide-porphyrin nanocomposites as gas sensor interfaces for probing low water content in ethanol

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 146; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.snb.2010.01.045

1873-3077

Ronaldo Adriano Timm, M. P. Hidalgo Falla, Manuel Fernando Gonzalez Huila, Henrique E. M. Peres, Francisco J. Ramirez-Fernandez, Koiti Araki, Henrique E. Toma,

Analytical Chemistry and Sensors

Vanadium pentoxide xerogels (VXG) incorporating meso(3- and 4-pyridyl)porphyrin cobalt(III) species coordinated to four [Ru(bipy)2Cl]+ complexes were employed as gas sensing materials capable of detecting small amounts of water in commercial ethanol and fuel supplies. According to their X-ray diffraction data, the original VXG lamellar framework was maintained in the nanocomposite material, but the interlamellar distance increased from 11.7 to 15.2 Å, reflecting the intercalation of the porphyrin species into the vanadium pentoxide matrix. The films generated by direct deposition of the nanocomposite aqueous suspensions exhibited good electrical and electrochemical performance for application in resistive sensors. The analysis of water in ethanol and fuels was carried out successfully using an especially designed electric setup incorporating a laminar gas flow chamber and interdigitated gold electrodes coated with the nanocomposites.