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. 2023 Feb 27;18(1):25. doi: 10.1186/s11671-023-03779-8

Table 6.

Summary of common piezoelectric-based sensors for gases detection

Device type Piezoelectric material Device frequency (GHz) Sensing material Targeted gas LOD (ppm) Frequency shift (Hz/ppm) Response time (S) Recovery time (S) Temp Year Refs
QCM AT-CUT 0.005 Polymer/GNR NH3 70 106 1800 n/g RT 2021 [169]
QCM AT-CUT 0.009 ZIF CO2 n/g n/g n/g n/g RT 2018 [333]
QCM AT-CUT 0.009 (ZIF-8) CO2 10,00,000 217 10 n/g RT 2018 [215]
QCM AT-CUT 0.01 rGO CO2 50–500 50 26 10 RT 2021 [176]
QCM AT-CUT 0.01 MOF CO2 400–500 n/g n/g n/g RT 2018 [179]
QCM AT-CUT 0.025 PAAM/MWCNTs Formaldehyde 0.5 3 80 100 RT 2021 [331]
SAW ST-cut quartz 0.2 SiO2, TiO2 NO2 16 112 KHz/40ppm 80 50 RT 2017 [218]
SAW ST-cut quartz 0.4341 Nickel–Graphene CO2 200 2.07 RT 2015 [336]
SAW ST-cut quartz 0.2 GO Nanofilm CH3 500 620 Hz/500ppb 100 500 RT 2019 [338]
SAW ST-cut quartz 0.2 Boehmite. NH3 10 1540 Hz/10ppm n/g n/g RT 2019 [341]
SAW Y-Z LiNbO3 0.436 ZIF-8 CO2 0.38 1.396 rad n/g n/g RT 2018 [215]
SAW Y-Z LiNbO3 0.86 ZIF-8 CO2 0.91 1.11 rad n/g n/g RT 2020 [216]
FBAR ZnO 0.8 Ethyl cellulose CO2 50 ppm n/g n/g n/g RT 2017 [306]
FBAR AIN 2.4 MOFs VOCs 1 ppm 0.28–1.27 KHz/ppm n/g n/g RT 2020 [303, 304]
FBAR AIN 2.45 Hybrid thin film VOCs 40–180 ppb 0.05 KHz/ppm n/g n/g RT 2019 [302]
FBAR ZnO 3.1 MWCNT -hybrid Formaldehyde 50–400 ppb 1.4-2.13 KHz/ppb - RT 2018 [301]
FBAR AIN 4.4 polyethyleneimine nanofibers Formaldehyde 37 1.216 KHz/ppb 25 60 RT 2018 [297]
FBAR AIN 4.8 “Polyethyleneimine /CNT” Formaldehyde 24–38 ppb 1.29-1.9 KHz/ppb 57 59 RT 2018 [298]

n/g = not given