Journal
NANO ENERGY
Volume 59, Issue -, Pages 295-301Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.02.057
Keywords
Pressure sensor; Triboelectric nanogenerator; Expandable microsphere; Ultrasensitive; Biological signals monitoring
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61571016, 61621061, 11674035]
- National Key Research AMP
- Development Program [2016YFA0201901]
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Physiological monitoring sensors have attracted increasing research interest due to their broad application potential in daily activities, sports performance and health status monitoring for next generation athletic/clinical technologies. Having high sensitivity and low power consumption are essential to realize these applications in advanced portable/remote forms. In this work, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), which are based on expandable microspheres in a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) mixture, were constructed as self-powered pressure sensors with ultrahigh sensitivity for biological signal monitoring through a low-cost and simple processing technique. Different sensitivities can be obtained by adjusting the weight percentage of microspheres in the PDMS, and the output voltage of the sensor was analyzed by a theoretical model, which was consistent with the simulation results. The maximum sensitivity of the sensor can reach 150 mV/Pa so respiratory and pulse monitoring can be implemented by attaching the ultrasensitive pressure sensor to the chest and wrist of a human body, respectively.
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