• 文献标题:   Quartz Crystal Microbalance Humidity Sensors Based on Structured Graphene Oxide Membranes with Magnesium Ions: Design, Mechanism and Performance
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YI RB, PENG BQ, ZHAO YM, NIE DX, CHEN L, ZHANG L
  • 作者关键词:   humidity sensor, graphene oxide, interlayer spacing, responsefrequency shift, response, recovery time
  • 出版物名称:   MEMBRANES
  • ISSN:  
  • 通讯作者地址:  
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.3390/membranes12020125
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

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&Mg2+ 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&Mg2+ membrane-based QCM humidity sensor is a good candidate for humidity sensing.