Zeolite-Decorated Triboelectric Sensors for Heavy Metal Contaminant DetectionShow others and affiliations
2025 (English)In: ACS Applied Electronic Materials, E-ISSN 2637-6113, Vol. 7, no 8, p. 3439-3447Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Environmental contamination by heavy metals has become a major health threat, exacerbated by rapid industrialization, thereby creating an urgent demand for highly efficient and sensitive detection devices. In this study, we introduce a highly sensitive triboelectric nanosensor (TENS) based on β-zeolite for multianalytic detection of heavy metal ions. β-Zeolite was spin-coated onto an indium tin oxide (ITO)-coated glass substrate, serving as the tribo-positive layer, while PDMS acted as the tribo-negative layer for self-powered triboelectric sensing signals. The fabricated triboelectric sensor was characterized by an open-circuit voltage of 18.3 V, short-circuit current of 306 nA, and a maximum power density of 602 nW cm–2 at a resistance of 6 MΩ. Notably, the TENS demonstrated excellent sensitivity in detecting Cd2+ (0.3302 ppm–1) and Hg2+ (0.216 ppm–1) within a detection range of 0.01 to 50 ppm, as well as high selectivity for Cd2+, Hg2+, and Pb2+ ions apart from alkali ions. This straightforward and cost-effective approach to fabricating highly sensitive and selective β-zeolite-based TENSs presents a promising pathway for advancing heavy metal-contaminant detection technologies.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Chemical Society , 2025. Vol. 7, no 8, p. 3439-3447
Keywords [en]
β-zeolites, heavy metals ions, triboelectric, energy harvesting, nanogenerators, self-powered sensors
National Category
Condensed Matter Physics
Research subject
Machine Elements
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-112384DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.5c00136ISI: 001460231800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105003590108OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-112384DiVA, id: diva2:1952019
Note
Validerad;2025;Nivå 2;2025-06-27 (u5);
Funder: Jeonbuk National University
2025-04-142025-04-142026-01-23Bibliographically approved