The Fabrication of Cesium Lead Bromide-Coated Cellulose Nanocomposites and Their Effect on the Detection of Nitrogen Gas

In this work, we fabricate cesium lead bromide nanofibers (CsPbBr(3) NFs) via the attachment of cesium lead bromide nanocrystals (CsPbBr(3) NCs) on the surface of electrospun cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) and employ them in a sensor to effectively detect gaseous nitrogen. The CsPbBr(3) NFs are produced initially by producing CsPbBr(3) NCs through hot injection and dispersing on hexane, followed by dipping CNFs and ultrasonicate for 1 h. Morphological characterization through visual, SEM and TEM image, and crystalline structure analysis by XRD and FT-IR analysis of CsPbBr(3) NFs and NCs show similar spectra except for PL due to unavoidable damage during the ultrasonication. Gaseous nitrogen is subsequently detected using the photoluminescence (PL) property of CsPbBr(3) NFs, in which the PL intensity dramatically decreases under various flow rate. Therefore, we believe that the proposed CsPbBr(3) NFs show significant promise for use in detection sensors in various industrial field and decrease the potential of fatal damage to workers due to suffocation.