Graphite on paper as material for sensitive thermoresistive sensors
Author(s) -
Toan Dinh,
HoangPhuong Phan,
Dzung Viet Dao,
Peter Woodfield,
Afzaal Qamar,
NamTrung Nguyen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of materials chemistry c
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.899
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 2050-7534
pISSN - 2050-7526
DOI - 10.1039/c5tc01650a
Subject(s) - graphite , materials science , anemometer , temperature coefficient , optoelectronics , composite material , meteorology , physics , turbulence
This paper reports on the thermoresistive properties of graphite on paper (GOP). A negative temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) from −2900 to −4400 ppm K−1 was observed for the GOP. This negative and large TCR is attributed to an increase in the thermionic emission current over a low potential barrier with increasing temperature. The potential barrier was found to be 33 meV between the graphite grains. The paper also demonstrates the use of the GOP in a highly sensitive (0.83 mV (m s−1)−0.8 mW−1) GOP-based anemometer, indicating strong feasibility of using this material for low-cost and sensitive thermal sensing applications.
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