Facile Wearable Vapor/Liquid Amphibious Methanol Sensor

• DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.8b01111
• Publication Date: 2018-12-25T11:57:35Z
• Authors: Yu Jiang; Junlin Ma; Jian Lv; Hongting Ma; Hongbo Xia; Jun Wang; Cheng Yang; Mianqi Xue; Gongyi Li; Nan Zhu
• Keywords: Wearable Electronic Devices; Methanol; Cotton Fiber; Electrochemical Techniques; Gases; Gloves, Protective; Electrodes; Oxidation-Reduction; 01 natural sciences; Platinum; 0104 chemical sciences

Detection of methanol is a significant segment for body health and work safety in the production of chemical industry. However, there hardly exists highly selective methanol detection system with green environment for vapor or liquid adaptability, as well as large linear relationship. A facile wearable vapor/liquid amphibious electrochemical sensor for monitoring methanol has been carried out for the first time in this Article. This wearable methanol sensor was fabricated by using a simple screen-printing technology for accomplishing a microdevice platform, showing good linear relationship, high selectivity (multiple volatile chemical compounds), reliable repeatability, good stability, and excellent stretching and bending performance (nitrile glove-based sensor) without pretreatment or adding any polymers into inks. Owing to its good environmental adaptability of vapor or liquid and various sensing behaviors (high sensitivity and wide linear range) by being modified with different content of platinum catalyst, this methanol sensor would have tremendous potential application for environmental monitoring on smart wearable devices when employed based on various platforms (such as PET, cotton, and nitrile gloves).