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A highly sensitive ammonia sensor and multifunctional monitoring system based on MoO3@Ti3C2TX(MXene) at room temperature for intelligent agriculture
Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2025, 14(8): 9221128
Published: 28 August 2025
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To address the persistent challenges of low sensing performance, ambiguous sensing mechanisms, and difficult portable monitoring in existing MXene-based NH3 sensors, this study developed a high-performance MoO3@Ti3C2TX room-temperature NH3 sensor through ultrasonic composite modification. The MoO3@Ti3C2TX sensor demonstrated significant sensitivity to NH3 at room temperature, with excellent long-term stability, fast response recovery time (14 s/24 s), and excellent selectivity, which are superior to those of most reported Ti3C2TX-based and intrinsic MoO3 sensors. Owing to the unique microstructure of MoO3@Ti3C2TX, the dual active sites of Ti3C2TX functional groups (–O/–F/–OH) and oxygen vacancies facilitate the oxidative adsorption and dissociation of NH3. The formation of interfacial Schottky junctions and charge regulation significantly enhanced the gas sensitivity of MoO3@Ti3C2TX toward NH3. Density functional theory (DFT) simulations further revealed an increased NH3 adsorption energy and strong atomic orbital hybridization at the heterointerface. Furthermore, this study integrated the MoO3@Ti3C2TX sensor into a multifunctional Internet of Things (IoT) monitoring system, which enabled real-time visualization of NH3 detection through threshold-triggered alarms, demonstrating its utility in smart agriculture.

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