• 文献标题:   Utilizing Gradient Porous Graphene Substrate as the Solid-Contact Layer To Enhance Wearable Electrochemical Sweat Sensor Sensitivity
  • 文献类型:   Article, Early Access
  • 作  者:   YEUNG KK, LI JW, HUANG T, HOSSEINI II, AL MAHDI R, ALAM MM, SUN HL, MAHSHID S, YANG J, YE TT, GAO ZL
  • 作者关键词:   chemical vapor deposition, graphene, sweat sensing, wearable electronic, electrochemistry, ionselective electrode
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
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  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01969 EA AUG 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Wearable sweat monitoring represents an attractive opportunity for personalized healthcare and for evaluating sports performance. One of the limitations with such monitoring, however, is water layer formation upon cycling of ion-selective sensors, leading to degraded sensitivity and long-term instability. Our report is the first to use chemical vapor deposition grown, three-dimensional, graphene-based, gradient porous electrodes to minimize such water layer formation. The proposed design reduces the ion diffusion path within the polymeric ion-selective membrane and enhances the electroactive surface for highly sensitive, real-time detection of Na+ ions in human sweat with high selectivity. We obtained a 7-fold enhancement in electroactive surface against 2D electrodes (e.g., carbon, gold), yielding a sensitivity of 65.1 +/- 0.25 mV decade-1 (n = 3, RSD = 0.39%), the highest to date for wearable Na+ sweat sensors. The on-body sweat sensing performance is comparable to that of ICP-MS, suggesting its feasibility for health evaluation through sweat.