ReS2/f-MWCNTs heterojunction for highly selective triethylamine gas sensor working at room temperature: A combined experimental and DFT study

People pay more and more attention to their own health and environmental safety, which makes the monitoring and treatment of harmful amines such as triethylamine (TEA) emitted in the industrial process increasingly critical. In order to address this issue, we focus on the heterostructure construction of two-dimensional rhenium disulfide (ReS 2 ) and acid-functionalized carbon nanotubes (f-MWCNTs), using their unique electronic properties and high specific surface area for triethylamine gas detection. The findings demonstrated that, at room temperature (25°C), the ReS 2 /f-MWCNTs sensor's response to 100 ppm TEA reached 63 %. Under the same environmental conditions (25℃), the response value of the ReS 2 sensor to 100 ppm TEA is 6 %, and the sensing performance is improved by more than 10 times. In addition, the sensor has fast response recovery (73 s/46 s) and good repeatability and stability. Based on this research, we designed a simple detection device, providing a direction for the practical detection application of TEA sensors.