Environmental
monitoring through gas sensors is paramount for the
safety and security of industrial workers and for ecological protection.
Graphene is among the most promising materials considered for next-generation
gas sensing due to its properties such as mechanical strength and
flexibility, high surface-to-volume ratio, large conductivity, and
low electrical noise. While gas sensors based on graphene devices
have already demonstrated high sensitivity, one of the most important
figures of merit, selectivity, remains a challenge. In the past few
years, however, surface functionalization emerged as a potential route
to achieve selectivity. This review surveys the recent advances in
the fabrication and characterization of graphene and reduced graphene
oxide gas sensors chemically functionalized with aromatic molecules
and polymers with the goal of improving selectivity toward specific
gases as well as overall sensor performance.