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Rare Metals
Published in: Rare Metals 6/2021

13-10-2020 | Original Article

Self-assembled graphene oxide/polyethyleneimine films as high-performance quartz crystal microbalance humidity sensors

Authors: Zhen Yuan, Hui-Ling Tai, Yuan-Jie Su, Guang-Zhong Xie, Xiao-Song Du, Ya-Dong Jiang

Published in: Rare Metals | Issue 6/2021

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Abstract

As humidity is one of the most widely demanded environmental parameters, the precision of its detection is significant. An advanced humidity sensor will improve the validity of the humidity monitoring system. In this study, a facile chemical layer-by-layer self-assembly (CLS) method was developed for fabricating graphene oxide (GO)/polyethyleneimine (PEI) multilayer films. Owing to the chemical bonding between the PEI and GO, and the intrinsic stickiness of the PEI, layered films with different numbers of layers were successfully prepared using the CLS method and confirmed through ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) spectroscopy and the mass loading of quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). Morphological measurements revealed that the roughness and thickness of the films increased exponentially with the number of bilayers. The GO/PEI films were deposited on QCM electrodes using the CLS method to produce the humidity sensors. The humidity measurement results showed a high sensitivity (37.84 Hz/%RH) and rapid response/recovery (< 5 s/8 s) of the optimal sensor, which was superior to that of recently developed QCM sensors.

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Metadata
Title
Self-assembled graphene oxide/polyethyleneimine films as high-performance quartz crystal microbalance humidity sensors
Authors
Zhen Yuan
Hui-Ling Tai
Yuan-Jie Su
Guang-Zhong Xie
Xiao-Song Du
Ya-Dong Jiang
Publication date
13-10-2020
Publisher
Nonferrous Metals Society of China
Published in
Rare Metals / Issue 6/2021
Print ISSN: 1001-0521
Electronic ISSN: 1867-7185
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-020-01598-9

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