A chitosan/amido-graphene oxide-based self-powered humidity sensor enabled by triboelectric effect

摘要

In this work,amido-graphene oxide(GO-NH_(2))loaded chitosan(CTS)composite material(CTS/GO-NH_(2))that acts as both the triboelectric and sensing film was prepared on rotary fan-shaped triboelectric nanogenerator for humidity detection.Compared with the pristine CTSbased triboelectric humidity sensor(CTS-THS)and GONH_(2)-THS,the CTS/GO-NH_(2)-based humidity sensor exhibited higher humidity response and better linearity in the relative humidity(RH)range of 18.7%RH-91.5%RH.The above results can be explained by the massive exposed and less concealed hydrophilic functional groups of CTS with the help of the wrinkle structure of GO-NH_(2).Meanwhile,the CTS/GO-NH_(2)-THS possessed good repeatability and acceptable hysteresis(~6.2%RH).Finally,a humidity sensing mechanism coupling triboelectric contact charging effect with electrons transfer principle under moisture environment was established to interpret the enhanced humidity sensing performance of the composite film-based THS.This work demonstrates that CTS/GONH_(2) composite film can be utilized to fabricate humidity sensors based on the triboelectric effect.