Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 266, Issue -, Pages 131-138Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.03.052
Keywords
Humidity sensor; Microporous silica nanoparticles; Solution process; Click reaction
Funding
- Natural Science Foundation Committee (NSFC) [61773178]
- Projects of Science and Technology Development Plan of Jilin Province [20160520093JH]
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Composites fabricated by mesoporous silica loading hydrophilic elements have been widely investigated as humidity sensitive materials. The physical mixing process for loading hydrophilic elements is difficult to guarantee the uniformity and structural stability of the composites. Furthermore, the poor dispersibility of the silica skeleton restricts its solution processability. Herein, solution processible organic-inorganic hybrid materials were synthesized via a thiol-ene click reaction between sulfhydryl functionalized micro-porous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) and hydrophilic alkenyl monomer. The optimal hybrid material could disperse in water stably with a concentration of 50 mg/mL owing to the small particle size (about 105 nm) and the hydrophilic characteristic. Humidity sensors were fabricated by solution process and the humidity sensing properties were investigated. The sensor exhibits high sensitivity (about three orders impedance modulus change), small hysteresis (similar to 2% RH) and rapid response (the response and recovery time are 5 and 40 s, respectively) in the humidity range of 11%-95% RH. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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