• 文献标题:   Graphene-Enabled Electrodes for Electrocardiogram Monitoring
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CELIK N, MANIVANNAN N, STRUDWICK A, BALACHANDRAN W
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, electrocardiogram ecg, longterm monitoring, dry electrode, contact impedance, raman spectroscopy
  • 出版物名称:   NANOMATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2079-4991
  • 通讯作者地址:   Brunel Univ London
  • 被引频次:   18
  • DOI:   10.3390/nano6090156
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

The unique parameters of graphene (GN)-notably its considerable electron mobility, high surface area, and electrical conductivity-are bringing extensive attention into the wearable technologies. This work presents a novel graphene-based electrode for acquisition of electrocardiogram (ECG). The proposed electrode was fabricated by coating GN on top of a metallic layer of a Ag/AgCl electrode using a chemical vapour deposition (CVD) technique. To investigate the performance of the fabricated GN-based electrode, two types of electrodes were fabricated with different sizes to conduct the signal qualities and the skin-electrode contact impedance measurements. Performances of the GN-enabled electrodes were compared to the conventional Ag/AgCl electrodes in terms of ECG signal quality, skin-electrode contact impedance, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and response time. Experimental results showed the proposed GN-based electrodes produced better ECG signals, higher SNR (improved by 8%), and lower contact impedance (improved by 78%) values than conventional ECG electrodes.