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. 2020 Apr 20;12:95. doi: 10.1007/s40820-020-00438-w

Table 1.

Gas sensing with 2D TMDC-based FET sensors: device structure and sensing performance

Gas sensing FET channel LOD Sensitivity (response) Response/recovery time References
Oxidizing gas NO2 MoS2 20 ppb –/60 min [39]
MoS2 (1L, CVD) 20 ppb  > 20% 10 min/– [40]
MoS2@CNT 1 ppm 366 s/1950s [93]
MoS2/SnO2 0.5 ppm  ~ 0 6% 6.8 min/2.7 min [12]
MoS2/PtNP 2 ppb 3 (SNR) > 30 min/> 30 min [83]
MoS2@WS2 50 ppm 26.12% 1.6 s/27.7 s [107]
MoS2/graphene 0.2 ppm 19% 6.5 s/6.5 s [105]
WS2 (4L) 25 ppm 8.7% [15]
WS2xSe2-2x 180% (10 ppm) [103]
WS2/AgNW 1 ppm 32% [15]
WS2/ZnS 5 ppm 32.5% 4 s/– [106]
WS2/WO3 100 ppm [38]
WS2/MOF 5 ppm 48.2% [108]
WSe2 (LPE) 50 ppb 5.06% 50 s /1050 s [41]
WSe2 (3L, ALD) 10 ppm 6.5 min/43 s [98]
MoTe2 12 ppb 1.15% –/10 min [42]
α-MoTe2 70 ppb 13% 15 s/– [43]
MoSe2 (CVD) 10,300 ppm –/30 min [13]
NbS2 241 ppb 3000 s/9000 s [101]
NO MoS2 (1L) 0.3 ppm 50% 5 s/– [88]
MoS2 (2L) 0.8 ppm > 2.5 min/– [95]
O2 MoS2 (3L, CVD) 100 ppm 4.84% 18 s/47 s [155]
SO2 MoS2/Ni 5 ppm 7.4% 50 s/56 s [156]
Reducing gas NH3 MoS2 (1L, CVD) 1 ppm > 40% 5–9 min/– [40]
MoS2 (CVD) 300 ppb 4.2 (SNR) 15 s [157]
MoS2/ZnO 50 ppm 46.2% 10 s/11 s [158]
MoS2/TiO2 QDs 250 ppm 43.72% –/ ~ 174 s [159]
WS2 5 ppm 120 s/150 s [112]
WS2 1.4 ppm 3.3 (SNR)  > 5 s/– [111]
WS2/WO3 1 ppm 1.16 15 min/28.9 min [38]
MoTe2 1 ppm 2.76% –/10 min [42]
α-MoTe2 70 ppb 101% 1 s/2 s [43]
WSe2 (3L, ALD) 20 ppm –/20 s [98]
H2 MoS2 (1L) 0.1%-90% 7 min/67 min [160]
MoS2/Si 1 ppm 30.4%  ~ 400 s/ ~ 450 s [36]
WS2/PtNP 7.8 ppm 1.14 119 s/370 s [37]
WS2/WO3 1 ppm 1.15 5.9 min/27.2 min [38]
VOCs Acetone MoS2 1 ppm 10 s/– [18]
MoS2/rGO 10 ppm 73 s/– [161]
WS2 5.6 ppm [121]
WS2 (2L) 0.5–10 ppm [15]
MoTe2 ~ 0.2 ppm 3 (SNR) [19]
Triethylamine MoS2 (1L) 1 ppm 15 s/30 s [118]
MoS2 1 ppm ~ 70% ~ 50 s/ ~ 100 s [119]
MoS2 (1T/2H contact) 80 ppb  ~ 20 s/ ~ 50 s [120]
Ethanol MoS2 10 ppm 10 s/- [18]
MoS2-MUA 100 ppm 10 s/- [18]

L layer, LPE liquid-phase exfoliated, ALD atomic layer deposition, QDs quantum dots, SNR signal -to-noise ratio, rGO reduced graphene oxide, MUA mercaptoundecanoic acid