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Low‐Cost, Highly Sensitive, and Flexible Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor Characterized by Low‐Temperature Interfacial Polymerization of Polypyrrole on Latex Sponge

2021; Wiley; Volume: 306; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/mame.202000772

1439-2054

Haonan Cheng, Bo Wang, Yongsong Tan, Yunjie Yin, Chaoxia Wang,

Dielectric materials and actuators

Abstract Piezoresistive pressure sensors based on sponge are widely concerned because of their wide strain range, convenient signal acquisition, and good compressibility, yet it is still a challenge to acquire sponge‐based pressure sensors with low cost and excellent sensing performance. Herein, low‐priced FeCl 3 . 6H 2 O and pyrrole (Py) are dispersed in deionized water to form FeCl 3 . 6H 2 O/Py solution. Commercial latex sponge is impregnated into this solution to prepare conductive polypyrrole/latex (PPy/latex) sponge through low‐temperature interfacial polymerization. The surface of latex sponge is covered by the micro‐wrinkled PPy, which endows the PPy/latex sponge with a certain electrical conductivity. The specific porous structure and high elasticity of the latex sponge are the basic conditions for PPy/latex sponge excellent piezoresistive behaviors. PPy/latex sponge based piezoresistive pressure sensor shows high sensitivity (0.084 kPa −1 at below 3.12 kPa), wider sensing range (0–85.0%) and long durability over 3800 s (1800 cycles). At the same time, the ability of the PPy/latex sponge based piezoresistive pressure sensor to monitor human movement has been successfully evaluated in some application scenarios, such as bending fingers, grabbing objects, tiptoe rising, and crouching.