Highly NO(2) sensitive caesium doped graphene oxide conductometric sensors

Here we report on the synthesis of caesium doped graphene oxide (GO-Cs) and its application to the development of a novel NO(2) gas sensor. The GO, synthesized by oxidation of graphite through chemical treatment, was doped with Cs by thermal solid-state reaction. The samples, dispersed in DI water by sonication, have been drop-casted on standard interdigitated Pt electrodes. The response of both pristine and Cs doped GO to NO(2) at room temperature is studied by varying the gas concentration. The developed GO-Cs sensor shows a higher response to NO(2) than the pristine GO based sensor due to the oxygen functional groups. The detection limit measured with GO-Cs sensor is ≈90 ppb.