Issue 52, 2022

A broad range and piezoresistive flexible pressure sensor based on carbon nanotube network dip-coated porous elastomer sponge

Abstract

Flexible pressure sensors have provided an attractive option for potential applications in wearable fields like human motion monitoring or human–machine interfaces. For the development of flexible pressure sensors, achieving high performance or multifunctions are popular research tendencies in recent years, such as improving their sensitivity, working range, or stability. Sponge materials with porous structures have been demonstrated that they are one of the potential substrates for developing novel and excellent flexible pressure sensors. However, for sponge-based pressure sensors, it is still a great challenge to realize a wide range of pressures from Pa level to hundreds kPa level. And how to achieve mechanical robustness remains unsolved. Here, we develop a flexible pressure sensor based on multicarbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) network-coated porous elastomer sponge with a broad range and robust features for use in wearable applications. Specifically, polyurethane (PU) sponge is used as the substrate matrix while dip-coated PU/MWCNTs composites as a conductive layer, achieving a highly bonding effect between the substrate and the conductive material, hence a great mechanical robust advantage is obtained and the working range also is improved. The pressure sensor show range of up to 350 kPa, while the minimum detection threshold is as low as 150 Pa. And before and after rolling by a bicycle or electric motorcycle, the sensor has the almost same responses, exhibiting great robustness.

Graphical abstract: A broad range and piezoresistive flexible pressure sensor based on carbon nanotube network dip-coated porous elastomer sponge

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Oct 2022
Accepted
21 Nov 2022
First published
29 Nov 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2022,12, 34117-34125

A broad range and piezoresistive flexible pressure sensor based on carbon nanotube network dip-coated porous elastomer sponge

Y. Cai, L. Liu, X. Meng, J. Wang, C. Zhang, J. Li, Z. Lu and J. Duan, RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 34117 DOI: 10.1039/D2RA06487A

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