Wearable gas/strain sensors based on reduced graphene oxide/linen fabrics

doi:10.1007/s11706-019-0472-1

Front. Mater. Sci.

2019, Vol. 13

Issue (3) : 305-313 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-019-0472-1

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Wearable gas/strain sensors based on reduced graphene oxide/linen fabrics

Xia HE¹(

), Qingchun LIU², Jiajun WANG¹, Huiling CHEN¹

¹. School of Art and Design, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
². School of Art Design, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China

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Abstract

Multifunctional wearable e-textiles have been a focus of much attention due to their great potential for healthcare, sportswear, fitness, space, and military applications. Among them, electroconductive textile yarn shows great promise for use as the next-generation flexible sensors without compromising properties and comfort of usual textiles. Recently, a myriad of efforts have been devoted to improving performance and functionality of wearable sensors. However, the current manufacturing process of metal-based electroconductive textile yarn is expensive, unscalable, and environmentally unfriendly. In this work, we report the preparation of multifunctional reduced graphene oxide/linen (RGO/LN) fabrics through the reduction and the followed suction filtration. As-prepared RGO/LN fabric could serve as the methane gas sensor, which exhibited high sensitivity, remarkable reliability and feasibility. Furthermore, the RGO/LN fabric sensor exhibited good moisture permeability and air permeability. The present work reveals that RGO/LN fabric has great potential as wearable smart devices in personal healthcare applications.

Keywords wearable sensor reduced graphene oxide linen fabric methane

Corresponding Author(s): Xia HE

Online First Date: 30 August 2019 Issue Date: 29 September 2019

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Xia HE,Qingchun LIU,Jiajun WANG, et al. Wearable gas/strain sensors based on reduced graphene oxide/linen fabrics[J]. Front. Mater. Sci., 2019, 13(3): 305-313.

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Fig.1 (a) Molecular structures of GO and RGO. (b) Digital photos of RGO/LN fabric samples.

Fig.2 The preparation process of RGO/LN fabrics.

Fig.3 TEM images of (a) GO and (b) RGO.

Fig.4 EDX spectra of (a) GO and (b) RGO.

Fig.5 SEM images of (a)(b) pure LN fabric, (c)(d) GO/LN fabric (GO-100), and (e)(f) RGO/LN fabric (RGO-100).

Fig.6 (a) Raman spectra of GO/LN fabric (GO-100) and RGO/LN fabric (RGO-100). (b) XRD patterns of GO/LN fabric (GO-100) and RGO/LN fabric (RGO-100). (c) Typical stress?strain curves of LN fabric, GO/LN fabric (GO-100) and RGO/LN fabric (RGO-100).

Fig.7 (a) The WVT rates and (b) the air permeability of LN fabric and RGO/LN fabric samples.

Fig.8 Sensitivities of RGO/LN fabric-based sensors to the CH₄ gas at different concentrations: (a) RGO-50/LN fabric; (b) RGO-100/LN fabric; (c) RGO-150/LN fabric. Normalized resistance changes of RGO/LN fabrics under different strains: (d) RGO-50/LN fabric; (e) RGO-100/LN fabric; (f) RGO-150/LN fabric.

Fig.9 The Gauge factor of composites under different conditions.

Fig.10 The application of RGO-LN fabrics for the CH₄ sensor under 350 cycles: (a) RGO-50/LN fabric; (b) RGO-100/LN fabric; (c) RGO-150/LN fabric. The application of RGO-LN fabrics for the strain sensor under 1000 cycles: (d) RGO-50/LN fabric; (e) RGO-100/LN fabric; (f) RGO-150/LN fabric.

Fig.11 The sensitivity of the RGO-100/LN fabric-based sensor to 200 ppm CH₄ gas with laundering cycles.

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