The
development of room-temperature chemiresistive gas sensors
with low limit of detection, high sensitivity, and selectivity for
dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP) detection remains a challenge. Herein,
a synergy of the two intermolecular hydrogen bond-promoted approach
was proposed to fabricate a room-temperature DMMP sensor with enhanced
performances. As a proof of concept, ternary p-hexafluoroisopropanol
phenyl (HFIP) functionalized polypyrrole-reduced graphene oxide hybrids
(HFIP-PPy-rGO) were rationally designed. During the sensing process,
rGO serves as a conductive carrier, ensuring that the sensors operate
at room temperature, and both HFIP and PPy act as adsorption sites
for DMMP through hydrogen bonding interactions. As expected, the HFIP-PPy-rGO
sensor exhibits high selectivity and sensitivity to DMMP. Besides,
the HFIP-PPy-rGO sensor also possesses excellent linear response to
DMMP and long-term stability. Experimental results and quartz crystal
microbalance measurements prove that the specific recognition of DMMP
is realized by forming two intermolecular hydrogen bonds between HFIP
and DMMP, as well as PPy and DMMP. Additionally, the introduction
of HFIP groups also contributes to adjusting device conductivity,
enhancing signal conversion function. To put the DMMP sensor into
potential practical application, the obvious sensing response to different
DMMP concentrations in soil was confirmed, and a wireless detection
system was built to realize real-time monitoring of DMMP concentrations
in the surroundings. Overall, this study provides a facile and practical
solution for improving the sensing performance of room-temperature
sensors based on the hydrogen bond theory.