An all-inorganic three-dimensional polyoxoniobate framework with ppb-level chemiresistive sensing for ammonia

Abstract Fabrication of gas sensors with high sensibility appears particularly important due to the urgent demand for toxic gases monitoring in public safety and atmosphere detection, especially for the detection requirement of ultra-low concentration gases. Here, we present a rare three-dimensional...

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Main Authors: Zheng-Wei Guo, Yan-Huang Yan, Yi Chen, Yi-Ying Li, Xin-Xiong Li, Cai Sun, Shou-Tian Zheng
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61845-4
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Yan-Huang Yan
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Xin-Xiong Li
Cai Sun
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description Abstract Fabrication of gas sensors with high sensibility appears particularly important due to the urgent demand for toxic gases monitoring in public safety and atmosphere detection, especially for the detection requirement of ultra-low concentration gases. Here, we present a rare three-dimensional (3D) all-inorganic polyoxoniobate (PONb) framework based on {Cu4@Nb29} secondary building units linked with both tetranuclear {Cu4(OH)5} clusters and mononuclear [Cu(H2O)]2+ units. Remarkably, this 3D PONb framework exhibits an ultrasensitive response to NH3 with a lowest limit of detection of 1.64 ppt up to now. Furthermore, the NH3 induced single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation as well as density functional theory analysis reveal that the strong coordination affinity of [Cu(H2O)]2+ linker for NH3, along with more injection of charge into the framework, results in a ultrasensitivity chemiresistive responses to NH3, at atomic-level insight.
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spelling doaj-art-e3830412c632490b9a5aa43c63366f382025-08-20T03:46:25ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232025-07-011611910.1038/s41467-025-61845-4An all-inorganic three-dimensional polyoxoniobate framework with ppb-level chemiresistive sensing for ammoniaZheng-Wei Guo0Yan-Huang Yan1Yi Chen2Yi-Ying Li3Xin-Xiong Li4Cai Sun5Shou-Tian Zheng6Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Oxygenated Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou UniversityFujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Oxygenated Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou UniversityFujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Oxygenated Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou UniversityFujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Oxygenated Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou UniversityFujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Oxygenated Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou UniversityFujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Oxygenated Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou UniversityFujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Oxygenated Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou UniversityAbstract Fabrication of gas sensors with high sensibility appears particularly important due to the urgent demand for toxic gases monitoring in public safety and atmosphere detection, especially for the detection requirement of ultra-low concentration gases. Here, we present a rare three-dimensional (3D) all-inorganic polyoxoniobate (PONb) framework based on {Cu4@Nb29} secondary building units linked with both tetranuclear {Cu4(OH)5} clusters and mononuclear [Cu(H2O)]2+ units. Remarkably, this 3D PONb framework exhibits an ultrasensitive response to NH3 with a lowest limit of detection of 1.64 ppt up to now. Furthermore, the NH3 induced single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation as well as density functional theory analysis reveal that the strong coordination affinity of [Cu(H2O)]2+ linker for NH3, along with more injection of charge into the framework, results in a ultrasensitivity chemiresistive responses to NH3, at atomic-level insight.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61845-4
spellingShingle Zheng-Wei Guo
Yan-Huang Yan
Yi Chen
Yi-Ying Li
Xin-Xiong Li
Cai Sun
Shou-Tian Zheng
An all-inorganic three-dimensional polyoxoniobate framework with ppb-level chemiresistive sensing for ammonia
Nature Communications
title An all-inorganic three-dimensional polyoxoniobate framework with ppb-level chemiresistive sensing for ammonia
title_full An all-inorganic three-dimensional polyoxoniobate framework with ppb-level chemiresistive sensing for ammonia
title_fullStr An all-inorganic three-dimensional polyoxoniobate framework with ppb-level chemiresistive sensing for ammonia
title_full_unstemmed An all-inorganic three-dimensional polyoxoniobate framework with ppb-level chemiresistive sensing for ammonia
title_short An all-inorganic three-dimensional polyoxoniobate framework with ppb-level chemiresistive sensing for ammonia
title_sort all inorganic three dimensional polyoxoniobate framework with ppb level chemiresistive sensing for ammonia
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61845-4
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