Real-time Humidity Sensor Based on Microwave Resonator Coupled with PEDOT:PSS Conducting Polymer Film

Jin Kwan Park; Tae Gyu Kang; Byung Hyun Kim; Hee Jo Lee; Hyang Hee Choi; Jong Gwan Yook

doi:10.1038/s41598-017-18979-3

Real-time Humidity Sensor Based on Microwave Resonator Coupled with PEDOT:PSS Conducting Polymer Film

Jin Kwan Park, Tae Gyu Kang, Byung Hyun Kim, Hee Jo Lee, Hyang Hee Choi, Jong Gwan Yook

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Abstract

A real-time humidity sensor based on a microwave resonator coupled with a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) conducting polymer (CP) film is proposed in this paper. The resonator is patterned on a printed circuit board and is excited by electromagnetic field coupling. To enhance the sensitivity of the sensor, the CP film is located in the area with the strongest electric field in the resonator. To investigate the performance, the proposed sensor is placed alongside a reference sensor in a humidity chamber, and humidity is injected at room temperature. The experimental results indicate that the electrical properties of the resonator with the CP film, such as the transmission coefficient (S ₂₁) and resonance frequency, change with the relative humidity (RH). Specifically, as the RH changes from 5% to 80%, S ₂₁ and the resonance frequency change simultaneously. Moreover, the proposed sensor exhibits great repeatability in the middle of the sensing range, which is from 40% to 60% RH. Consequently, our resonator coupled with the CP film can be used as a real-time humidity-sensing device in the microwave range, where various radio-frequency devices are in use.

Original language	English
Article number	439
Journal	Scientific reports
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18979-3
Publication status	Published - 2018 Dec 1

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This research was supported by the MSIP(Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning), Korea, under the ITRC(Information Technology Research Center) support program (IITP-2017-2013-0-00680) supervised by the IITP(Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion). This research was also supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (NRF-2015R1C1A1A02037804) and by the Mid-career Researcher Program through the National Research Foundation of South Korea (NRF) funded by the Science and Engineering. (NRF-2017R1A2B4012051).

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