Palladium Decorated SWCNTs Sensor for Detecting Methane at Room Temperature Based on UWB-RFID
Keywords:
Chipless tag, methane sensor, nanotechnology, room temperature, ultra-wideband radio frequency identification (UWB-RFID)Abstract
A chipless sensor in the protocol of ultra wideband radio frequency identification (UWB-RFID) is proposed in the paper. This sensor, used to detect methane at room temperature, is configured by a planar patch antenna plus a U slot on which interdigitated fingers electrodes (IDE) with load of palladium decorated single walled carbon nanotubes (Pd-SWCNTs) are embedded. The sensor can cover the entire UWB spectrum except for the band that produce band-gap. The amplitudes and frequencies of the band-gap are designated as the signatures modulated and reflecting the status quo of methane retrieved by Pd-SWCNTs. The sensor is validated by an approximate combination of the analytical and numerical method. Results show that if the concentration of methane is increased from 0 ppm to 100 ppm at room temperature, the identifiable sensitivity can be achieved by -9.32 dB in terms of the scheme of the amplitude modulation of band-gap frequency; or, the identifiable sensitivity can be achieved by -11.30 dB in terms of the scheme of the frequency modulation of band-gap frequency.
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