Surface Functionalized Vapor Grown Carbon Fiber Supported Dysprosium Stannate Composites for the Enhanced Detection of Furaltadone: A Synergy of DFT Modeling and Experiment

Key Points

• Investigating dysprosium stannate composites to enhance furaltadone detection.
• Utilized vapor grown carbon fiber to support dysprosium stannate composites.
• Applied density functional theory (DFT) modeling for structural analysis.
• Conducted experiments to assess catalytic activity and electrical properties.
• Dysprosium stannate composites showed enhanced sensing capacity for furaltadone.
• Significant improvements in catalytic activity were observed.
• Oxygen vacancies contributed to the increased performance of the composites.