Tin Disulfide-Coated Microfiber for Humidity Sensing with Fast Response and High Sensitivity

Autor: Huadan Zheng, Yuxin Lin, Jianhui Yu, Heyuan Guan, Aijie Liang, Wenguo Zhu, Huihui Lu, Wentao Qiu, Shuo Zhang, Zhe Chen, Yi Zhang, Ganding Peng, Jiangli Dong, Jingyuan Ming, Xinyang Han, Yaoming Huang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Crystals
Volume 11
Issue 6
Crystals, Vol 11, Iss 648, p 648 (2021)
ISSN: 2073-4352
DOI: 10.3390/cryst11060648
Popis: Breath monitoring is significant in assessing human body conditions, such as cardiac and pulmonary symptoms. Optical fiber-based sensors have attracted much attention since they are immune to electromagnetic radiation, thus are safe for patients. Here, a microfiber (MF) humidity sensor is fabricated by coating tin disulfide (SnS2) nanosheets onto the surface of MF. The small diameter (~8 μm) and the long length (~5 mm) of the MF promise strong interaction between guiding light and SnS2. Thus, a small variation in the relative humidity (RH) will lead to a large change in optical transmitted power. A high RH sensitivity of 0.57 dB/%RH is therefore achieved. The response and recovery times are estimated to be 0.08 and 0.28 s, respectively. The high sensitivity and fast response speed enable our SnS2-MF sensor to monitor human breath in real time.
Databáze: OpenAIRE