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Quartz Crystal Microbalance Humidity Sensors Based on Structured Graphene Oxide Membranes with Magnesium Ions: Design, Mechanism and Performance
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Yi, Ruobing Peng, Bingquan Zhao, Yimin Nie, Dexi Chen, Liang Zhang, Lei |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Description | The application of graphene oxide (GO)-based membranes combined with a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) as a humidity sensor has attracted great interest over the past few years. Understanding the influence of the structure of the GO membrane (GOM) on the adsorption/desorption of water molecules and the transport mechanism of water molecules in the membrane is crucial for development of applications using GOM-based humidity sensors. In this paper, by investigating the effects of oxygen-containing groups, flake size and interlayer spacing on the performance of humidity sensing, it was found that humidity-sensing performance could be improved by rational membrane-structure design and the introduction of magnesium ions, which can expand the interlayer spacing. Therefore, a novel $HGO&GO&Mg^{2+}$ structure prepared by uniformly doping magnesium ions into GO&HGO thin composite membranes was designed for humidity sensing from 11.3% RH to 97.3% RH. The corresponding sensor exhibits a greatly improved humidity sensitivity (~34.3 Hz/%RH) compared with the original pure GO-based QCM sensor (~4.0 Hz/%RH). In addition, the sensor exhibits rapid response/recovery times (7 s/6 s), low hysteresis (~3.2%), excellent repeatability and good stability. This research is conducive to understanding the mechanism of GOM-based humidity sensors. Owing to its good humidity-sensing properties, the $HGO&GO&Mg^{2+}$ membrane-based QCM humidity sensor is a good candidate for humidity sensing. |
| Starting Page | 125 |
| e-ISSN | 20770375 |
| DOI | 10.3390/membranes12020125 |
| Journal | Membranes |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2022-01-21 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Membranes Industrial Engineering Humidity Sensor Graphene Oxide Interlayer Spacing Response-frequency Shift Response/recovery Time |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |