Abstract

Electric components based on fibers or textiles have been investigated owing to their potential applications in wearable devices. High performance on response to gas, drape-ability and washing durability are of important for gas sensors based on fiber substrates. In this report, we demonstrate the bendable and washable electronic textile (e-textile) gas sensors composed of reduced graphene oxides (RGOs) using commercially available yarn and molecular glue through an electrostatic self-assembly. The e-textile gas sensor possesses chemical durability to several detergent washing treatments and mechanical stability under 1,000 bending tests at an extreme bending radius of 1 mm as well as a high response to NO2 gas at room temperature with selectivity to other gases such as acetone, ethanol, ethylene, and CO2.

Highlights

  • Fiber-shaped electric components such as thin film transistors (TFTs)[1,2,3], light-emitting diodes (LEDs)[4], energy harvesters[5], energy storage devices[6,7,8], and sensors[3,9,10] with high performance and flexibility are of great interest owing to their potential applications in portable devices and wearable electronics

  • This method was found to be effective for the preparation of ultrasensitive gas sensors and pliable electronic wires owing to their highly flexible and conducting properties

  • We demonstrate the effectiveness of wearable gas sensors based on reduced graphene oxide-decorated yarn (RGOY) with

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Use in Wearable Gas Sensor

Yong Ju Yun[1], Won G. Several fiber sensors based on conducting polymers and metal oxides have been developed[13,14,15] These sensors are unsuitable for flexible and wearable gas sensors owing to their poor mechanical/chemical durability and operation at high temperature. Graphene and its derivatives have been the focus of research owing to their ultra-high surface area, excellent electrical properties, and good selectivity without the need for a catalyst or modification[16,17] They show high mechanical strength with flexibility[18,19], which makes them ideal candidate materials for high-performance flexible gas sensors[20,21,22,23]

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