Surface Thermal Behavior and RT CO Gas Sensing Application of an Oligoacenaphthylene with p-Hydroxyphenylacetic Acid Composite

Praveen Kumar Basivi; Tayssir Hamieh; Kedhareswara Sairam Pasupuleti; Visweswara Rao Pasupuleti; Vempuluru Navakoteswara Rao; Moon-Deock Kim; Chang Woo Kim

doi:10.1021/acsomega.2c03897

Surface Thermal Behavior and RT CO Gas Sensing Application of an Oligoacenaphthylene with p-Hydroxyphenylacetic Acid Composite

ACS Omega. 2022 Oct 7;7(41):36307-36317. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.2c03897. eCollection 2022 Oct 18.

Authors

Praveen Kumar Basivi¹, Tayssir Hamieh^{2

3}, Kedhareswara Sairam Pasupuleti⁴, Visweswara Rao Pasupuleti⁵, Vempuluru Navakoteswara Rao⁶, Moon-Deock Kim^{4

7}, Chang Woo Kim⁸

Affiliations

¹ Pukyong National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation, Pukyong National University, Busan48513, Republic of Korea.
² Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MDMaastricht, Netherlands.
³ Laboratory of Materials, Catalysis, Environment and Analytical Methods Laboratory (MCEMA), Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, 1533Hadath, Lebanon.
⁴ Department of Physics, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon34134, Republic of Korea.
⁵ Center for International Collaboration and Research, REVA University, Rukmini Knowledge Park, Kattigenahalli, Yelahanka, Bangalore, Karnataka560064, India.
⁶ National Nanofab Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science, Daejeon34141, Republic of Korea.
⁷ Institute of Quantum Systems (IQS), Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon34134, Republic of Korea.
⁸ Department of Nanotechnology Engineering, College of Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan48513, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

The current work describes room-temperature gas sensing performances using an oligoacenaphthylene (OAN)/p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (p-HPA) composite. Based on inverse gas chromatography (IGC), the London dispersive surface energy γ_s ^d is calculated by using 14 representative models. Even when the γ_s ^d values of both OAN and the OAN/p-HPA composite are decreased as the temperature increases, the surface of OAN shows a higher value than that of the composite. The Gibbs surface free energy values of both are decreased with an increasing temperature. In our results, higher Lewis basic characters are observed in OAN and the OAN/p-HPA composite and the OAN/p-HPA surface exhibits a higher basicity compared to OAN. Because of the presence of phenolic groups in the OAN/p-HPA composite, the more important basic character drives a significant CO gas sensing ability with a sensitivity of 8.96% and good cycling stability as compared to the pristine counterparts. It is expected that the current study sheds light on a new pathway to exploring polymer composite materials for futuristic diverse and multiple applications, including IGC and gas sensor applications.