Fabrication of highly conductive graphene/textile hybrid electrodes via hot pressing and their application as piezoresistive pressure sensors. Issue 24 (15th June 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kim, Youn; Bin Park, Jung; Kwon, Yeon Ju; Hong, Jin-Yong; Jeon, Young-Pyo; Lee, Jea Uk
• Is Part Of: Journal of materials chemistry. Volume 10:Issue 24(2022)
• Page Start: 9364
• Page End: 9376
• Publication Date: 2022-06-15
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Analytic -- Periodicals; Optical materials -- Research -- Periodicals; Electronics -- Materials -- Research -- Periodicals; 543.0284
• DOI: 10.1039/d2tc00165a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-7526

Abstract

Abstract : Highly conductive and flexible textile electrodes are developed via hot pressing of graphene and a textile. The pressure sensors based on the textile electrodes exhibit high sensitivity in a wide pressure range and outstanding durability. Abstract : Textiles represent an ideal platform for next-generation electronic devices owing to their flexibility, stretchability, wearability, and biocompatibility. Herein, we present highly conductive and flexible electrodes based on electrochemically exfoliated graphene (EEG) and cotton textile; these electrodes are fabricated via hot pressing to be used as sensing materials in piezoresistive-type pressure sensors. The sheet resistance and microstructure of the electrodes can be controlled by varying the surface density of the EEG on the textile substrate. The optimized EEG/textile electrodes exhibited a minimum sheet resistance ( R s ) of 1.3 Ω sq −1 as well as high flexibility and durability during a 1000-cycle bending test. The pressure sensors were fabricated by assembling two EEG/textile electrodes, with each electrode acting as a pressure-sensing material; the sensors exhibited a maximum pressure sensitivity of ∼0.16 kPa −1, a wide range of linear sensitivity (up to 100 kPa), a fast response of ∼373 ms, and reproducible performance over 10 000 cycles of pressure loading and unloading. These sensors also functioned effectively as bending-motion, wrist-pulse, and step-motion sensors, as well as on/off-type pressure sensors. Hence, the developed EEG/textile electrodes have the potential to be used in textile electronics and next-generation wearable devices.