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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

High-Performance Humidity Sensor Based on the Graphene Flower/Zinc Oxide Composite.

Muhammad Saqib, Shenawar Ali Khan, Hafiz Mohammad Mutee Ur Rehman, Yunsook Yang, Seongwan Kim, Muhammad Muqeet Rehman, Woo Young Kim

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Muhammad SaqibFaculty of Applied Energy System, Major of Electronic Engineering, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea.
Shenawar Ali KhanFaculty of Applied Energy System, Major of Electronic Engineering, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea.
Hafiz Mohammad Mutee Ur RehmanFaculty of Applied Energy System, Major of Electronic Engineering, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea.
Yunsook YangFaculty of Applied Energy System, Major of Electronic Engineering, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea.
Seongwan KimFaculty of Applied Energy System, Major of Electronic Engineering, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea.
Muhammad Muqeet RehmanFaculty of Applied Energy System, Major of Electronic Engineering, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea.
Woo Young KimFaculty of Applied Energy System, Major of Electronic Engineering, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-2747-6618
Jeju National University · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Performance of an electronic device relies heavily on the availability of a suitable functional material. One of the simple, easy, and cost-effective ways to obtain novel functional materials with improved properties for desired applications is to make composites of selected materials. In this work, a novel composite of transparent n-type zinc oxide (ZnO) with a wide bandgap and a unique structure of graphene in the form of a graphene flower (GrF) is synthesized and used as the functional layer of a humidity sensor. The (GrF/ZnO) composite was synthesized by a simple sol-gel method. Morphological, elemental, and structural characterizations of GrF/ZnO composite were performed by a field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and an x-ray diffractometer (XRD), respectively, to fully understand the properties of this newly synthesized functional material. The proposed humidity sensor was tested in the relative humidity (RH) range of 15% RH% to 86% RH%. The demonstrated sensor illustrated a highly sensitive response to humidity with an average current change of 7.77 μA/RH%. Other prominent characteristics shown by this device include but were not limited to high stability, repeatable results, fast response, and quick recovery time. The proposed humidity sensor was highly sensitive to human breathing, thus making it a promising candidate for various applications related to health monitoring.

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fast response/recovery timefunctional materialgraphene flower and ZnO compositehealth monitoring applicationssol–gel methodultra-sensitive humidity sensor

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PMID33477616
PMCPMC7831307
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