Flexible electronics are attracting widespread attention due to their potential applications in wearable health monitoring and care systems[
Abstract
Flexible electronics are attracting widespread attention due to their potential applications in wearable health monitoring and care systems[
Figure 1.(Color online) Flexible humidity sensors have broadened the scope of flexible electronics for new applications in the IoT, such as non-contact control and real-time monitoring.
Recently, tremendous efforts have been devoted to improve the sensitivity, selectivity, response/recovery speed and stability of humidity sensors[
Generally, because carbon materials based humidity sensors are working based on the interaction between water molecules and oxygenic functional groups on the carbon materials, they inevitably exhibit relatively low response and recovery speed. However, combing one kind of carbon materials with other sensing materials or exploring new mechanisms can be feasible strategies to improve their sensing performance[
Figure 2.(Color online) A paper-based humidity sensor with multifunctional applications for breath rate, baby diaper wetting, noncontact switch, skin humidity, and spatial localization monitoring.
In conclusion, flexible humidity sensors have developed rapidly and achieved increasing attention as a promising platform for advanced IoT applications. Despite the great advances in various flexible humidity sensors, several challenges should be further addressed in the future such as novel sensing materials, facile and low-cost fabrication methods, environment friendly preparation process, and system-level integration of multifunctional sensors.
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