Gas sensing properties of carbon nanomaterials

The sensing properties of carbon nanomaterials are studied and compared in this paper. Graphene oxide and multi-walled carbon nanotube films were used as active layers of chemoresistive gas sensors and characterized at room temperature towards ammonia detection in concentration levels from 100 ppm to 500 ppm in air. We conclude that graphene oxide based sensor has higher response (2.4% to 7.4% in range from 100 ppm to 500 ppm) than the multi-walled carbon nanotubes based one (1.0–2.4%). On the other hand, the carbon nanotubes based sensor possessed higher recovery rates in a wide range of used concentrations.