Construction of Dual-Channel Water Transport in Mesoporous Silica Low Humidity Sensors to Achieve High Sensitivity
Zhiyan Ma
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorXiaoya Miao
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorYaping Song
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorYunlong Yu
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorKe Wu
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorSen Liu
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
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Teng Fei
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
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Tong Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorZhiyan Ma
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorXiaoya Miao
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorYaping Song
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorYunlong Yu
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorKe Wu
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorSen Liu
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Teng Fei
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
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Tong Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
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In this paper, strong hydrophilic poly(ionic liquid)s (PILs) are selectively grafted on different positions (mesoporous channels and outer surface) of mesoporous silica via thiol-ene click chemical reaction. The purposes of selective grafting are on the one hand, to explore the differences of adsorption and transportation of water molecules in mesoporous channels and on the outer surface, and on the other hand, to combine the two approaches (intra-pore grafting and external surface grafting) to reasonably design SiO2@PILs low humidity sensing film with synergetic function to achieve high sensitivity. The results of low relativehumidity （RH） sensing test show that the sensing performance of humidity sensor based on mesoporous silica grafted with PILs in the channels is better than that of humidity sensor based on mesoporous silica grafted with PILs on the outer surface. Compared with water molecules transport single channel, the construction of dual-channel water transport significantly improves the sensitivity of the low humidity sensor, and the response of the sensor is up to 4112% in the range of 7–33% RH. Moreover, the existence of micropores and the formation of dual-channel water transport affect the adsorption/desorption behaviors of the sensor under different humidity ranges, especially below 11% RH.
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