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Bio-integrated Electronics Lab.

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2024 Kirigami-inspired gas sensors for strain-insensitive operation

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Author
Jeonhyeong Park, Hyeoncheol Lim, Junwoo Yea, Chaehyun Ryu, Soon In Jung, Runia Jana, Kyung-In Jang, Hohyun Keum, Hoe Joon Kim
Journal
Results in Engineering
Vol
Volume 21
Page
101805
Year
2024
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2024.101805

Abstract

Wearable electronics for the Internet of Things (IoT) have spurred interest in optimizing stretchable substrates, electrodes, and sensing materials. Specifically, wearable gas sensors are valuable for real-time monitoring of hazardous chemicals. For wearable gas sensors, a stable operation under mechanical deformation is required. Here, we introduce strain-insensitive Kirigami-structured gas sensors decorated with titanium dioxide (TiO2) functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for NO2 sensing. The Kirigami-shaped substrate is used to ensure mechanical stability when stretched. The developed device shows only a 1.3% change in base resistance under 80% strain. In addition, the impact of electro-thermal properties at various strain levels is analyzed to aid the understanding of the device's performance. The CNT-TiO2 composite induced alterations in p-n heterojunctions, improving the measurement sensitivity by approximately 250% compared to a bare CNT sensor. Additionally, the sensors exhibited a 10-fold faster desorption rate due to the enhanced photocatalytic effect of TiO2 under UV exposure. Remarkably, the Kirigami-structured gas sensors maintained stable and repetitive sensing operation even under 80% strain, which would be enough to be used in various wearable applications.