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. 2022 Feb 5;423(Pt B):127193.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127193. Epub 2021 Sep 12.

Mesoporous Ti0.5Cr0.5N for trace H2S detection with excellent long-term stability

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Mesoporous Ti0.5Cr0.5N for trace H2S detection with excellent long-term stability

Chaozhu Huang et al. J Hazard Mater. .

Abstract

Efficient, accurate and reliable detection and monitoring of H2S is of significance in a wide range of areas: industrial production, medical diagnosis, environmental monitoring, and health screening. However the rapid corrosion of commercial platinum-on-carbon (Pt/C) sensing electrodes in the presence of H2S presents a fundamental challenge for fuel cell gas sensors. Herein we report a solution to the issue through the design of a sensing electrode, which is based on Pt supported on mesoporous titanium chromium nitrides (Pt/Ti0.5Cr0.5N). Its desirable characteristics are due to its high electrochemical stability and strong metal-support interactions. The Pt/Ti0.5Cr0.5N-based sensors exhibit a much smaller attenuation (1.3%) in response to H2S than Pt/C-sensor (40%), after 2 months sensing test. Furthermore, the Pt/Ti0.5Cr0.5N-based sensors exhibit negligible cross response to other interfering gases compared with hydrogen sulfide. Results of density functional theory calculation also verify the excellent long-term stability and selectivity of the gas sensor. Our work hence points to a new sensing electrode system that offers a combination of high performance and stability for fuel-cell gas sensors.

Keywords: Fuel cell gas sensor; Hydrogen sulfide; Room-temperature; Solid-solid separation method; Ti(0.5)Cr(0.5)N.

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