Dissolved Gas Analysis in Transformer Oil Using Pt-Doped WSe2 Monolayer Based on First Principles Method

The composition and content of dissolved gases in transformer oil are closely related to the type of faults in the transformer and the severity of potential hazards. Dissolved gas analysis (DGA) in insulating oil is an important way to monitor the state of transformer equipment. CO, CH
₄
, and C
₂
H
₂
are one of the dissolved gases in the transformer oil. Based on the density functional theory, the optimal adsorption site of the transition metal atom Pt on the surface of WSe
₂
, one of the typical layered transition metal disulfides (LTMDs), is determined in the beginning. Attaining the adsorption behavior of these three gases on the surface of Pt-WSe
₂
. The optimal structure of gas adsorption, charge transfer, adsorption energy, electronic density of states (DOS), deformation charge density (DCD), and frontier orbital are analyzed. As an electron acceptor, Pt-WSe
₂
attracts electrons from all three gas molecules. The adsorption type of CO and C
₂
H
₂
molecules is chemisorption, whose adsorption effect is strong. The CH
₄
adsorption is physical adsorption, whose adsorption effect is weak. The adsorption of all the three gas molecules leads to an increase in the bandgap of the Pt-WSe
₂
, that is, the increase in the resistivity.