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Tuning Interfacial Energy Barriers in Heterojunctions for Anti‐Interference Sensing
Author(s) -
Zhao Minggang,
Yu Jiatuo,
Zhang Xiaomin,
Li Zhengming,
Ding Yu,
Edel Joshua B.,
Ma Ye,
Li Hui
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.202008604
Subject(s) - materials science , graphene , heterojunction , electrochemistry , analyte , redox , oxide , interference (communication) , nanotechnology , seawater , nanoscopic scale , polypyrrole , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , electrode , chemistry , channel (broadcasting) , oceanography , engineering , geology , electrical engineering , metallurgy
Analytes with similar redox properties are normally difficult to distinguish through classic electrochemical methods. This becomes especially true for the on‐site detection in seawater where the high salinity and complex chemical components can impose severe interference. Hereby introducing numerous nanoscale heterojunctions in the Cu/CuO/reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/polypyrrole (PPy) and Cu/CuO/rGO/chitosan electrochemical sensors, tunable interfacial energy barriers to exponentially regulate the electrochemical signal can be constructed. Importantly, these energy barriers are independent to redox but closely related to the electrostatic interaction from absorbed charged analytes such as Hg 2+ and Cu 2+ . Moreover, the similar sensing principle is also valid for the energy barriers in p‐n junctions as demonstrated in the Ni/NiO/ZnO/PPy sensor. The good anti‐interference properties and ultrahigh sensitivity of this sensing mode offers new opportunities in trace analyte detection in harsh environments such as seawater.