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The detection of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is essential because of its toxicity and abundance in the environment. Hence, there is an urgent requisite to develop a highly sensitive and economical H2S detection system. Herein, a zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin film-based K+-exchanged optical waveguide (OWG) gas sensor was developed for H2S detection by using spin coating. The sensor showed excellent H2S sensing performance at room temperature with a wide linear range (0.1 ppm–500 ppm), reproducibility, stability, and a low detection limit of 0.1 ppm. The developed sensor showed a significant prospect in the development of cost-effective and highly sensitive H2S gas sensors.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21765021).
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Wumaier, K., Mamtmin, G., Ma, Q. et al. Zinc Phthalocyanine Thin Film-Based Optical Waveguide H2S Gas Sensor. Photonic Sens 12, 74–83 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13320-021-0623-8
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