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Electrochemical Treatment of Carbon Nanofibers: Mild Conditions and Enhancing the NO2 Sensing Behavior Full article

Journal Journal of Applied Electrochemistry
ISSN: 0021-891X , E-ISSN: 1572-8838
Output data Year: 2026, Volume: 56, Number: 3, Article number : 52, Pages count : 17 DOI: 10.1007/s10800-025-02435-6
Tags Electrochemical treatment; Carbon nanofibers; Sensors; Nitrogen dioxide; Carbon nanotubes
Authors Golovakhin V. 1 , Gudyma T.S. 1 , Vorob’yova A. 1 , Ukhina A.V. 2 , Maksimovskiy E.A. 3 , Ishchenko A.V. 4 , Bannov A.G. 1
Affiliations
1 Novosibirsk State Technical University, K. Marx. ave. 20, Novosibirsk, Russia, 630073
2 Institute of Solid State Chemistry and Mechanochemistry SB RAS, Ulitsa Kutateladze 18, Novosibirsk, Russia, 630128
3 Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS, Prospekt Akademika Lavrent’yeva 3, Novosibirsk, Russia, 630090
4 Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Prospekt Akademika Lavrent’yeva 5, Novosibirsk, Russia, 630090

Funding (1)

1 Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation FSUN-2023-0008

Abstract: Room-temperature gas sensors for the detection of NO2 and NH3 based on electrochemically treated carbon nanofibers were investigated. Electrochemical treatment of the carbon nanofibers was carried out in a sulfuric acid solution at currents ranging from 0.5 to 2.5 A, with the highest level of functionalization achieved at 2.0 A. The carbon nanomaterials were characterized using transmission electron microscopy, low-temperature nitrogen adsorption, X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Chemiresistive gas sensors were fabricated using the electrochemically treated carbon nanofibers for NO2 detection at room temperature. Sensors based on carbon nanofibers treated at 2.0 A exhibited a response of 4.8% to 2 ppm NO2 (25 ± 1 °C). New approaches for the use of electrochemically treated CNFs in the development of all-carbon sensing materials are proposed. The response was increased to 14.7% (at 2 ppm NO2) by using a composite based on treated carbon nanofibers and multi-walled carbon nanotubes as the active material, along with improvements in recovery and response time.
Cite: Golovakhin V. , Gudyma T.S. , Vorob’yova A. , Ukhina A.V. , Maksimovskiy E.A. , Ishchenko A.V. , Bannov A.G.
Electrochemical Treatment of Carbon Nanofibers: Mild Conditions and Enhancing the NO2 Sensing Behavior
Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 2026. V.56. N3. 52 :1-17. DOI: 10.1007/s10800-025-02435-6 WOS Scopus OpenAlex
Dates:
Submitted: Aug 1, 2025
Accepted: Dec 21, 2025
Published online: Feb 1, 2026
Published print: Mar 1, 2026
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≡ Web of science: WOS:001677094500014
≡ Scopus: 2-s2.0-105029038398
≡ OpenAlex: W7126382768
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