Institution of Metal–Organic Frameworks as a Highly Sensitive and Selective Layer In-Field Integrated Soil-Moisture Capacitive Sensor

Norah Sadun Alsadun, Sandeep Goud Surya, Kamlesh Patle, Vinay S. Palaparthy, Osama Shekhah, Khaled N. Salama, Mohamed Eddaoudi

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Abstract

The ongoing global industrialization along with the notable world population growth is projected to challenge the global environment as well as pose greater pressure on water and food needs. Foreseeably, an improved irrigation management system is essential and the quest for refined chemical sensors for soil-moisture monitoring is of tremendous importance. Nevertheless, the persisting challenge is to design and construct stable materials with the requisite sensitivity, selectivity, and high performance. Here, we report the introduction of porous metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), as the receptor layer, in capacitive sensors to efficiently sense moisture in two types of soil. Namely, our study unveiled that Cr-soc-MOF-1 offers the best sensitivity (≈24,000 pF) among the other tested MOFs for any given range of soil-moisture content, outperforming several well-known oxide materials. The corresponding increase in the sensitivities for tested MOFs at 500 Hz are ≈450, ≈200, and ≈30% for Cr-soc-MOF-1, Al-ABTC-soc-MOF, and Zr-fum-fcu-MOF, respectively. Markedly, Cr-soc-MOF-1, with its well-known water capacity, manifests an excellent sensitivity of ≈450% in clayey soil, and the analogous response time was 500 s. The noted unique sensing properties of Cr-soc-MOF-1 unveils the great potential of MOFs for soil-moisture sensing application.
Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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StatePublished - Jan 20 2023

Bibliographical note

KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2023-01-23
Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science

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