CN110907507A - Humidity sensor with root-shaped electrode structure - Google Patents

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CN110907507A
CN110907507A CN201911375041.8A CN201911375041A CN110907507A CN 110907507 A CN110907507 A CN 110907507A CN 201911375041 A CN201911375041 A CN 201911375041A CN 110907507 A CN110907507 A CN 110907507A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a humidity sensor with a root-shaped electrode structure, which comprises a layer of substrate film used as a dielectric medium, two surface electrode layers and a plurality of root-shaped electrodes; two surface electrode layers are adhered to the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate film; a plurality of root electrodes are arranged inside the substrate film, and each root electrode is connected with one surface electrode layer. The root-shaped electrode structure of the invention has a nano structure microscopically and a micro structure macroscopically, and compared with the existing comb-shaped electrode structure, the contact area between the electrode and the core layer is greatly increased; the micro-nano granular structure and the root electrode of the electrode layer increase the humidity sensitivity of the sensor together; due to the flexibility and the optional thickness of the substrate film material, the humidity sensor can be manufactured into various shapes; the capacitive humidity sensor can be applied to detecting physical quantities such as pressure, displacement and gas concentration through improvement, and is wide in application.

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Humidity sensor with root-shaped electrode structure
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of humidity sensors, and particularly relates to a humidity sensor with a root-shaped electrode structure.
Background
In the departments of industrial and agricultural production, meteorology, environmental protection, national defense, scientific research, aerospace and the like, the environmental humidity is often required to be measured and controlled. However, in the conventional environmental parameters, humidity is the most difficult parameter to measure accurately due to the influence of other factors (atmospheric pressure, temperature). The method of measuring humidity by a wet-dry bulb hygrometer or a hair hygrometer cannot meet the requirements of modern technological development, and therefore, the development of a novel humidity sensor is very important for modern industries. Among them, the capacitive humidity sensor is receiving a wide attention. A capacitor is formed by sandwiching an insulating dielectric between two metal electrodes, and is one of a large number of electronic components used in electronic devices. The capacitance type sensor converts the change of the measured non-electric quantity into the change of capacitance by using the principle of a capacitor, and then converts the change into signals such as voltage, current or frequency and the like which are convenient to measure and transmit. The capacitance changes with the measured parameter, and the sensor can be made into various sensors such as acceleration sensor, humidity sensor, pressure sensor, gas sensor, chemical sensor, biosensor, and surface acoustic wave sensor.
The polymer electrolyte is composed of a solid/liquid two-phase structure and has stronger water absorption/strain capacity in a humidity environment. When the polymer electrolyte absorbs water, an ion channel is formed inside the polymer electrolyte, a solution containing hydrated ions is arranged inside the ion channel, and the hydrated ions are communicated through the micro-channel to form a solid/liquid two-phase structure. If two layers of metal electrodes are respectively attached to the upper surface and the lower surface of the polymer electrolyte film, a polymer/metal composite film material is formed, and the sensor with specific signal response is formed. Because the membrane material has better moisture absorption swelling property, the sensor can be used for detecting the moisture content; or different metal ions are introduced to enable the membrane material to obtain different chemical characteristics, and the physical quantities such as humidity, gas concentration, ion concentration and the like are detected by utilizing the change of capacitance values caused by the change of the dielectric constant of the membrane material. Therefore, the sensor made of the polymer electrolyte/metal composite membrane material has wide application prospect.
To solve the above problems, i developed a humidity sensor having a root-shaped electrode structure.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a humidity sensor having a root-shaped electrode structure.
The invention realizes the purpose through the following technical scheme:
a humidity sensor having a root electrode structure, comprising:
a substrate film as a dielectric;
two surface electrode layers; two surface electrode layers are adhered to the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate film;
a plurality of root electrodes; a plurality of root electrodes are arranged inside the substrate film, and each root electrode is connected with one surface electrode layer.
Preferably, the matrix film is a polymer electrolyte matrix film having moisture sensitive properties, the matrix film having a thickness greater than 0 microns and less than 200 microns.
Preferably, the surface electrode layer is a conductive layer, and the thickness of the surface electrode layer is more than 0 micron and less than 10 microns.
Preferably, the distance between any two immediately adjacent root electrodes is greater than 0 microns and less than 20 microns.
Preferably, the inner surface of the surface electrode layer exhibits a micro-nano-scale particle distribution structure.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
the invention relates to a humidity sensor with root-shaped electrode structure, which comprises:
the root-shaped electrode structure is microscopically provided with a nano structure and macroscopically presents a micro structure, so that compared with the existing comb-shaped electrode structure, the contact area between the electrode and the core layer is greatly increased; the micro-nano granular structure and the root electrode of the electrode layer increase the humidity sensitivity of the sensor together; due to the flexibility and the optional thickness of the substrate film material, the humidity sensor can be manufactured into various shapes; the capacitive humidity sensor can be applied to detecting physical quantities such as pressure, displacement and gas concentration through improvement, and is wide in application.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional profile of a practical sensor of the present invention; wherein a is a schematic representation of a substrate film; b is a schematic view of a surface electrode layer; c is a schematic representation of a root electrode;
in the figure, 1-a substrate film; 2-surface electrode layer, 3-root electrode.
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The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
as shown in fig. 1 and 2, a humidity sensor having a root-shaped electrode structure includes:
a base film 1 as a dielectric;
two surface electrode layers 2; two surface electrode layers 2 are adhered to the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate film 1;
a plurality of root electrodes 3; a plurality of root electrodes 3 are provided inside the base film 1, and each root electrode 3 is connected to one surface electrode layer 2.
The matrix film 1 is a polymer electrolyte matrix film 1 with humidity sensitive characteristic, and the thickness of the matrix film 1 is more than 0 micron and less than 200 microns.
The surface electrode layer 2 is a conductive layer, and the thickness of the surface electrode layer 2 is more than 0 micron and less than 10 microns.
The distance between any two adjacent root electrodes 3 is greater than 0 microns and less than 20 microns.
The inner surface of the surface electrode layer 2 exhibits a micro-nano-scale particle distribution structure.
The application provides a root-shaped electrode 3 structure to improve the humidity sensing performance of a humidity sensor. The humidity sensor core layer according to the root electrode 3 structure is suitable for a polymer electrolyte, and the metal electrode according to the structure is suitable for platinum, palladium, silver, copper, and the like.
A moisture-sensitive matrix film 1, which is a matrix film 1 used as a dielectric, is characterized by a polymer electrolyte membrane having a specific solid/liquid microstructure, such as: nafion film, etc., preferably in the thickness range of 10 to 200 microns. Surface electrode layers are attached to the upper outer surface and the lower outer surface of the substrate film 1, the thickness is 1-10 micrometers, and the surface electrode layers are in a micrometer-nanometer granular shape. The surface electrode layer is connected with a root electrode 3, the components of which can be the same or different, are copper, silver, palladium or platinum or mixed metal, and are grown on the inner surface of the substrate film 1, and branches in the shape of tree roots penetrate into the substrate film 1.
The root-shaped electrode 3 structure is mainly realized by the following technology:
(1) the surface of the base film 1 is roughened. And (3) carrying out surface treatment on the substrate film 1 by adopting a specific method, wherein the related methods comprise sand paper polishing, sand blasting, plasma treatment and the like, and by taking a sand blasting mode as an example, the roughened substrate film 1 is obtained under the conditions that the time is controlled within 5min, the pressure is controlled within 0.5MPa and the size of glass sand is not more than 100 meshes, and the surface is provided with uniformly distributed micron-sized pits.
(2) Soaking and reduction plating. Based on the ion exchange capacity of the polymer electrolyte, the polymer electrolyte is put into a metal salt solution for ion exchange, wherein the concentration of the metal salt solution is not higher than 0.05mol/L, the ion exchange time is not less than 2h, and the reaction temperature is controlled between 40 ℃ and 60 ℃. And (2) putting the polymer dielectric film after ion exchange into a reducing solution for reduction, wherein the reducing solution comprises a sodium borohydride solution, a sodium sulfite solution and the like, the concentration of the reducing solution is not lower than 0.001mol/L, the reaction time is not less than 2h, and the reaction temperature is controlled between 40 ℃ and 60 ℃. And repeating the soaking reduction step for 3-5 times until the thickness of the surface electrode reaches 1-10 microns. Due to the existence of the micron-scale pits on the surface of the substrate film 1, the micro-nano-scale granular electrodes of the surface electrode are naturally formed. The process aims to form a primary surface electrode, so that the surface of the substrate film 1 has the conductive capability and provides conditions for subsequent soaking-electroplating.
(3) Soaking and electroplating. Repeating the soaking process in the step (2): based on the ion exchange capacity of the polymer electrolyte, the polymer electrolyte is put into a metal salt solution for ion exchange, wherein the concentration of the metal salt solution is not higher than 0.05mol/L, the ion exchange time is not less than 2h, and the reaction temperature is controlled between 40 ℃ and 60 ℃. And electroplating the soaked substrate film 1 for 3-5min per surface, wherein the electroplating current is not higher than 0.5A, and the electroplating voltage is not higher than 5V.
The plating process is repeated until a distance distribution between the root electrodes 3 in the range of 0 to 20 μm is reached.
In the preferred embodiment, a Nafion film is used as the base film 1, having a thickness of 180. mu.m. Surface electrodes, which are noble metal palladium in this embodiment, are attached to the upper and lower outer surfaces of the substrate film 1, and the surfaces are loose micron-sized electrode particles, as shown in fig. 2. The root electrode 3 is also palladium metal, and is grown on the inner surface of the base film 1 in a root shape extending into the base film 1.
The root-shaped electrode 3 structure is mainly realized by the following technology: (1) the surface of the base film 1 is roughened. Adopting a sand blasting method, wherein the sand blasting time is 2 mim/surface, the sand blasting pressure is 0.2MPa, and the size of the glass sand is 200 meshes, so as to obtain the roughened substrate film 1 with uniformly distributed micron-sized pits on the surface. (2) Soaking and reduction plating. Based on the ion exchange capacity of the polymer electrolyte, the polymer electrolyte is put into a metal salt solution for ion exchange, wherein the concentration of the metal salt solution is 0.02mol/L, the ion exchange time is 2h, and the reaction temperature is controlled at 50 ℃. And (3) putting the polymer dielectric film after ion exchange into a reducing solution for reduction, wherein the reducing solution is selected from a sodium borohydride solution, the concentration is 0.001mol/L, the reaction time is 2h, and the reaction temperature is 50 ℃. The soaking reduction step is repeated for 3 times, and the thickness of the surface electrode reaches 5 microns. Due to the existence of the micron-scale pits on the surface of the substrate film 1, the micro-nano-scale granular electrodes of the surface electrode are naturally formed. The process aims to form a primary surface electrode, so that the surface of the substrate film 1 has the conductive capability and provides conditions for subsequent soaking-electroplating. (3) Soaking and electroplating. Repeating the soaking process in the step (2): based on the ion exchange capacity of the polymer electrolyte, the polymer electrolyte is put into a metal salt solution for ion exchange, wherein the concentration of the metal salt solution is 0.02mol/L, the ion exchange time is 2h, and the reaction temperature is controlled at 50 ℃. And electroplating the soaked substrate film 1 for 3 min/surface at an electroplating current of 0.3A and an electroplating voltage of 5V. The electroplating process was repeated 3 times until the distance distribution between the root electrodes 3 reached about 10 μm.
The foregoing illustrates and describes the principles, general features, and advantages of the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are described in the specification and illustrated only to illustrate the principle of the present invention, but that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

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1. A humidity sensor having a root electrode structure, comprising:
a substrate film as a dielectric;
two surface electrode layers; two surface electrode layers are adhered to the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate film;
a plurality of root electrodes; a plurality of root electrodes are disposed within the base film, and each root electrode is connected to an inner surface of a surface electrode layer.
2. A humidity sensor having a root electrode structure according to claim 1, wherein: the matrix film is a polymer electrolyte matrix film with humidity sensitive characteristic, and the thickness of the matrix film is more than 0 micron and less than 200 microns.
3. A humidity sensor having a root electrode structure according to claim 1, wherein: the surface electrode layer is a conductive layer, and the thickness of the surface electrode layer is more than 0 micron and less than 10 microns.
4. A humidity sensor having a root electrode structure according to claim 1, wherein: the distance between any two adjacent root electrodes is greater than 0 microns and less than 20 microns.
5. A humidity sensor having a root electrode structure according to claim 1, wherein: the inner surface of the surface electrode layer presents a micro-nano level granular distribution structure.
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