Dew Point Measurement Using a Carbon-Based Capacitive Sensor with Active Temperature Control

Author(s)

Nie, Jing ^{[1, 2]} ; Wu, Yichuan ^{[1, 3, 2]} ; Huang, Qiyang ^{[4, 3]} ; Joshi, Nirav ^{[5, 1, 2]} ; Li, Ning ^[6] ; Meng, Xiaofeng ^[6] ; Zheng, Sunxiang ^[4] ; Zhang, Min ^[3] ; Mi, Baoxia ^[4] ; Lin, Liwei ^{[1, 2]}

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Mech Engn, Berkeley, CA 94720 - USA

^[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Ctr, Berkeley, CA 94720 - USA

^[3] Tsinghua Univ, Tsinghua Berkeley Shenzhen Inst, Shenzhen 518055 - Peoples R China

^[4] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Berkeley, CA 94720 - USA

^[5] Univ Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos Inst Phys, BR-13560970 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

^[6] Beihang Univ, Sci & Technol Inertial Lab, Beijing 100191 - Peoples R China

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES; v. 11, n. 1, p. 1699-1705, JAN 9 2019.
• Web of Science Citations: 4

Abstract

Laser-induced graphene (LIG) has both good electrical conductivity and three-dimensional porous structures. Here, porous graphene interdigital electrodes (IDE) were constructed as a capacitive sensor from commercial polymer films by the laser ablation process and transferred to the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate. The graphene oxide (GO) adsorption layer was electrosprayed as a humidity sensing structure, and a Peltier device was used to control the temperature to produce the condensation of water vapors. The dew point was identified by the equilibrium state of the capacitor when the adsorption layer and the surface air reached the saturation equilibrium. The performances of the hydrophilic dew point sensing system under different environmental conditions were investigated. The results show that the precision of the carbon-based dew point sensor of <=+/- 0.8 degrees C DP with good stability and repeatability is better than those of other dew point instrument based on electrical sensing parameters at +/- 1.0 degrees C DP. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 14/23546-1 - Enhanced sensitive and selective sensors made with p-NiO nanowire/n-ZnO Nanowire heterostructures
• Grantee: Niravkumar Jitendrabhai Joshi
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral